José Gomariz

Professor José Gomariz has published widely on modern Spanish American literature.

"José Martí, Modernismo(s), and Cuban Studies" are the main issues of a collective book of essays he has recently co-edited with Angel Esteban (University of Granada) in honor of Ivan A. Schulman. Professor Gomariz has also edited the special annual issue "Diaspora, Race and Cultural Identity in Cuba and the Caribbean" for the Spanish academic journal "América Sin Nombre" (University of Alicante). In addition to his monograph "Colonialismo e independencia cultural," Professor Gomariz has published in major journals, including "Anuario del Centro de Estudios Martianos," "Caribbean Studies," "Casa de las Américas," "Cuban Studies," "Literatura Mexicana," and "Revista de la Universidad de La Habana." He has been invited to present his research at universities and research centers in the United States, Europe and Cuba.

Professor Gomariz directs doctoral dissertations on Hispanic and Cuban studies.

Research Interests

Modernism(s)

Cuban studies

José Martí

The African Diaspora in the Americas

Courses Taught

Spanish American Modernismo(s) (SPW5287)

The African Diaspora in Cuba and the Caribbean (SPW6934)

José Martí: Democracy, Society, and Culture in the Americas (SPW6934)

The Spanish American Essay on Identity, Race, and Colonialism (SPW5365)

Publications

Authored and Edited Books

José Martí, Modernismo(s), Estudios Cubanos.

Cuba y el Caribe: diáspora, raza e identidad cultural.

Colonialismo e independencia Cultural.

Selected Articles

• "Esclavitud, blanqueamiento y modernidad periférica en Cuba: Gaspar Betancourt Cisneros El Lugareño.” América Sin Nombre 19 (2014): 73-81.
• Colonialismo e independencia cultural. La narración del artista e intelectual hispanoamericano del siglo XIX. Madrid: Verbum, 2005. Review María Salgado (Chapel Hill).
• “Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda y la intelectualidad reformista cubana: Raza, blanqueamiento e identidad cultural en Sab.” Caribbean Studies 37.1 (2009): 97-118. redalyc.uaemex.mx/redalyc/pdf/392/39213080004.pdf
• “República e identidad: Estados Unidos en las Escenas norteamericanas de José Martí.” Darío a diario.Rubén y el Modernismo en las dos orillas. Ed. Angel Esteban. Granada, Spain: Universidad de Granada, 2007. 471-87.
•  “Francisco de Arango y Parreño: El discurso esclavista de la ilustración cubana.” Cuban Studies 35 (2004): 45-61.
• “José Martí” Modern Spanish American Poets. 290 Dictionary of Literary Biography. Ed. María A. Salgado. Detroit, MI: Gale Group, 2004. 196-209.
• “El reino de este mundo de Alejo Carpentier y las representaciones del esclavo en las letras cubanas del siglo XIX.” Nuevas lecturas de Alejo Carpentier. Ed. Alexis Márquez Rodríguez. Caracas: Universidad Central de Venezuela, 2004. 95-102.
• “José Martí en las entrañas de la modernidad.” Casa de las Américas. 231 (2003): 85-94.