Between Empires: Martí, Rizal, and the Intercolonial Alliance

196 Pages·2013·1.32 MB·English

by  Koichi Hagimoto (auth.)

Between Empires
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BetweenEmpires:Martí,Rizal,andtheIntercolonialAlliance
ByKoichiHagimoto
Between Empires
Martí, Rizal, and the Intercolonial Alliance
KoichiHagimoto
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Hagimoto,Koichi,1983–
Betweenempires:Martí,Rizal,andtheintercolonialalliance/
KoichiHagimoto.
pages cm.—(NewCaribbeanstudies)
Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
1. Martí,José,1853–1895—Criticismandinterpretation. 2. Martí,
José,1853–1895—Politicalandsocialviews. 3. Self-determination,
National—Cuba—History—19thcentury. 4. Rizal,José,
1861–1896—Criticismandinterpretation. 5. Rizal,José,
1861–1896—Politicalandsocialviews. 6. Self-determination,
National—Philippines—History—19thcentury. 7. Nationalismin
literature. 8. Imperialismin literature. I. Title.
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction:ThePhantomsofJoséMartíandJoséRizal 1
1 AnticolonialMelodramas:GenderRelationsandthe
DiscourseofResistanceinNolimetangere
andLucíaJerez 21
2 TheatricalPerformanceintheManifesto:Comparative
AnalysisofMartí’s“ManifiestodeMontecristi”and
Rizal’s“Filipinasdentrodecienaños” 59
3 CubanandFilipinoCalibansConfrontthe
ModernEmpire 91
4 ConversationsacrossthePacific:Masonry,Epistolary,
andJournalWriting 125
Afterword 153
Notes 157
Bibliography 171
Index 183
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Acknowledgments
Acountlessnumberofpeoplehavehelpedmewiththisbookalongthe
way.Itwouldbedifficulttothankthemallindividually,butafewmust
be mentioned in this brief acknowledgment section. First, this book
wouldhavebeenimpossiblewithouttheintellectualandemotionalsup-
portofmywife,AlainaFarabaugh,whohasaccompaniedmeallalong
toenjoyandsuffertheprocesstogether.
IoweaspecialdebtofgratitudetoIgnacioLópez-CalvoandAmbeth
Ocampo for their support and encouragement. Ignacio patiently read
mymanuscriptonnumerousoccasions,whileAmbethkindlyaccepted
my request for review and shared with me his extensive knowledge
on Rizal and the history of the Philippines. I found their feedback
indispensableforthecompletionofthisbook.
The first draft of this book took shape while I was studying in the
DepartmentofHispanicLanguagesandLiteraturesattheUniversityof
Pittsburgh.Myadvisor,JoshuaLund,wasagreatsourceofsupportashe
gave me the necessary push to follow my passion for Martí and Rizal.
I also want to thank Juan Duchesne-Winter, Alejandro de la Fuente,
Daniel Balderston, and John Blanco for their valuable comments and
recommendationsduringtheinitialstageofthisproject.Myfriendsand
colleagues in the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures
continuouslygavemeinspirationandencouragement.Manythanksto
AlexLefterwhotookthetimetosendmeapictureofMartíinHavana’s
ParqueCentral,whichisincorporatedintothecoverimageofthisbook.
A number of others provided me with a variety of comments and
critique on different aspects of the book. In this regard, I want to
thank Aníbal González, Roberto Fuertes-Manjón, Betina González,
Carlos Vega, Marjorie Agosín, María Dulce Natividad, Juan Torres-
Pou,MichaelHays,andthetwoanonymousreadersforPalgrave.Iam
grateful to my editors, Brigitte Shull and Naomi Tarlow, who offered
enthusiasm and timely support, and the production editor, Rachel
Taenzler, for overseeing the copyediting. I also want to thank Kofi