The Politics of Sentiment : Imagining and Remembering Guayaquil

Between 1890 And 1930, The Port City Of Guayaquil, Ecuador, Experienced A Liberal Revolution And A Worker's Movement--key Elements In Shaping The Ecuadorian National Identity. In This Book, O. Hugo Benavides Examines These And Other Pivotal Features In Shaping Guayaquilean Identity And Immigrant Identity Formation In General In Transnational Communities Such As Those Found In New York City. Turn-of-the-century Ecuador Witnessed An Intriguing Combination Of Transformations: The Formation Of A National Citizenship; Extension Of The Popular Vote To Members Of A Traditional Underclass Of Indians And Those Of African Descent; Provisions For Union Organizing While Entering Into World Market Capitalist Relations; And A Separation Of Church And State That Led To The Legalization Of Secular Divorces. Assessing How These Phenomena Created A Unique Cultural History For Guayaquileans, Benavides Reveals Not Only A Specific Cultural History But Also A Process Of Developing Ethnic Attachment In General. He Also Incorporates A Study Of Works By Medardo Angel Silva, The Afro-ecuadorian Poet Whose Singular Literature Embodies The Effects Of Modernism's Arrival In A Locale Steeped In Contradictions Of Race, Class, And Sexuality. Also Comprising One Of The First Case Studies Of Raymond Williams's Hypothesis On The Relationship Between Structures Of Feeling And Hegemony, This Is An Illuminating Illustration Of The Powerful Relationships Between Historically Informed Memories And Contemporary National Life. Introduction: Medardo çngel Silva And Guayaquil Antiguo At The Turn Of The Twentieth Century -- Part I. Sentiment And History -- Medardo çngel Silva: Voces Inefables -- Guayaquil Antiguo: Sentiment, History, And Nostalgia -- Part Ii. Music, Migration, And Race -- Musical Reconversion: The Pasillo's National Legacy -- The Migration Of Guayaquilean Modernity: Problemas Personales And Guayacos In Hollywood -- Instances Of Blackness In Ecuador: The Nation As The Racialized Sexual Global Other/order -- Conclusion: Guayaquilean Modernity And The Historical Power Of Sentiment. By O. Hugo Benavides. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [169]-182) And Index. Contents......Page 8 Preface: The Politics of Sentiment and the Nature of the Real......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 14 Introduction: Medardo Ángel Silva and Guayaquil Antiguo at the Turn of the Twentieth Century......Page 20 PART 1: SENTIMENT AND HISTORY......Page 48 CHAPTER 1: Medardo Ángel Silva: Voces Inefables......Page 50 CHAPTER 2. Guayaquil Antiguo: Sentiment, History, and Nostalgia......Page 72 PART 2: MUSIC, MIGRATION, AND RACE......Page 94 CHAPTER 3: Musical Reconversion: The Pasillo’s National Legacy......Page 96 CHAPTER 4: The Migration of Guayaquilean Modernity: Problemas Personales and Guayacos in Hollywood......Page 118 CHAPTER 5: Instances of Blackness in Ecuador: The Nation as the Racialized Sexual Global Other/Order......Page 138 Conclusion: Guayaquilean Modernity and the Historical Power of Sentiment......Page 160 Notes......Page 178 Bibliography......Page 188 Index......Page 202