1st Edition

A Posthumous History of José Martí The Apostle and his Afterlife

By Alfred J. López Copyright 2023
320 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

320 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

320 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

A Posthumous History of José Martí: The Apostle and His Afterlife focuses on Martí’s posthumous legacy and his lasting influence on succeeding generations of Cubans on the island and abroad. Over 120 years after his death on a Cuban battlefield in 1895, Martí studies have long been the contested property of opposing sides in an ongoing ideological battle. Both the Cuban nation-state, which claims... Read more

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction: The Apostle and I

First Encounters

Chapter One: The Making of The Apostle; or, The Martí Wars

Cuba and the United States: An Apostolic View

Chapter Two: The Repeating Idol: Martí and the Iconography of the Nation

The Apostle and the Virgin?

Chapter Three: Dressing for Success in Interdisciplinary Contexts;

or, Martí and the Rediscovery of the New World

An Open Letter to President Obama about José Martí [April 4, 2016]

Chapter Four: Can The Apostle Speak? Possible Lessons for Latinx and Global South Studies

What My Students Can Learn from José Martí

Conclusion: The Apostle as Oracle

Biography

Alfred J. López is Professor and Director of Latin American and Latino Studies at Purdue University. He is the editor of The Routledge Companion to Global South Literatures, forthcoming from Routledge