Dehumanized Mothers: the Invisibility of Cuban Wet Nurses
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https://doi.org/10.3989/aeamer.2023.2.04Keywords:
Visual Culture, Slavery, Wet Nurses, Maternity, CubaAbstract
This paper analyses the image of wet nurses in Cuba, based on the imaginary that have come down to us having the Cuban wet nurse as their main topic. On the one hand, we analyse the few images of Cuban wet nurses on canvas and pictures from 19th century and, on the other hand, some postcards from the beginning of 20th century. Through this analysis, we demonstrate the process of cancellation and dehumanization suffered by wet nurses, usually Afro-descendants, in Atlantic slave-owning societies such as the Cuban region.
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