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Examines how black intermediaries in colonial Spanish America influenced written portrayals of virtuous and beautiful blackness.
Cruel Optimism
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A relation of cruel optimism exists when something you desire is actually an obstacle to your flourishing. Offering bold new ways of conceiving the present, Lau