The Dominican literary journal Brigadas Dominicanaspublished ten issues between December 1961 and March 1963. Its director,the Dominican poet and intellectual, Aı´da Cartagena Portalatı´n, affirmedher journal as a space open to compatriots committed to artistic and politicalfreedom following the May 1961 assassination of the dictator RafaelTrujillo. Although its pages serve as an important repository for testimonialliterature about the Trujillato, it is more than a simple anthology. Whilehistorians maintain that literary discourse played a negligible role duringthe postdictatorship moment, Brigadas reveals an intense social and politicalengagement by artists and intellectuals in the political and social life ofthe nation. Thus, rather than a time bereft of literary activity, Brigadasshows 1961–1965 as a period during which Dominican artists and intellectualsbegan what would be a long and continuing struggle to define the roleof art and literature in a free society.

Between the Unthinkable and the Unsayable: The Legacy of Brigadas Dominicanas (December 1961-March 1963) PDF

The list of books you might like