ERC Consolidator Grant · 2022
The Cultural History of the Black African Diaspora in Early Modern Spain
What were the cultural creations of black women and men in early modern Spain? How did blaWhat were the cultural creations of black women and men in early modern Spain? How did black women and men shape the cultural productions of the period? More than four hundred texts in early modern Spanish literature include black characters in a variety of literary genres, such as drama and poetry. The vast corpus of literary narratives on blackness has not fully engaged with the fact that Spain had the second-largest black African diaspora in early modern Europe —second only to Portugal— and that black women and men at that period were producers and contributors of cultural creations. With a focus on…
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