Eulalia Bernard Little's lifetime and political legacy
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https://doi.org/10.15359/tdna.38-71.4Keywords:
African Diaspora, Afro-Costa Rican women, women in politics, black women, negritude, political thinkingAbstract
This article analyzes the role of Eulalia Bernard Little (1935-2021) as a pioneer in representing Afro-Costa Rican women in public and international decision-making and management arenas. Through the use of visual and documentary archives and by employing an interdisciplinary methodology that combines discourse analysis and ethnography, her pioneering status in the black political field, both inside and outside Costa Rica, is examined. First, her consolidation as a Diaspora activist during the 1970's is explored, from the relationship between her own experiences in Afro-Caribbean circulation and her participation in scenarios of political and cultural analysis and discussion. Subsequently, it considers her incursion in the national party structures and the scope of social transformation of her discourse. Finally, her influence in the participation of other Afro-Costa Rican women in the political and political-cultural sphere is identified. The understanding of this other dimension of Ms. Bernard Little rounds out the works on her literary production, while at the same time broadens the studies and historiography of the Afro-Costa Rican community.
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