Doblemente subalternizado. Corporalización, racionalización y afrodescendencia en "Muchachita negra" (1945), de Blanca Varela.

Abstract

This article shows that in the poem “Muchachita negra” (“Little Black Girl”, 1945) by Blanca Varela we can see how the machinery of invention of Afro­descendant women is set in motion by the Western world. This machinery fo­cuses on the description of the body and face of the black woman to establish her identity. The racialization operation establishes an analogy between the char­acteristics of this body and face with some elements of nature such as plants. The consequence of this analogy is that the Afro-descendant woman is regis­tered, fixed, and recognized as an integral part of this nature.