Nuestra América

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Nuestra América is an influential 1891 essay by José Martí that calls for Latin American unity, cultural independence, and resistance to imperialism.

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Nuestra América canonical 3
Our America 1

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instanceOf essay
political essay
advocatesFor autonomous Latin American political thought
integration of indigenous and mestizo cultures
self-determination of Latin American peoples
associatedWith Cuban independence movement
José Martí's exile in the United States
author José Martí
callsFor rejection of blind imitation of Europe and the United States
unity among Latin American nations
circulation widely anthologized in Latin American literature collections
widely studied in Latin American history courses
countryOfOrigin Cuba
criticizes European cultural domination
United States expansionism
firstPublicationDate 1891-01-10
1891-01-30
firstPublishedIn El Partido Liberal
Revista Ilustrada de Nueva York
focusesOnRegion Latin America
genre essay
hasEnglishTitle Nuestra América self-linksurface differs
surface form: Our America
hasKeyConcept critique of local elites
the idea of "our America" distinct from Anglo-America
valorization of indigenous heritage
historicalContext late 19th century Latin America
period of U.S. and European imperial expansion
influenced Latin American nationalism
Latin American political thought
anti-imperialist movements in Latin America
literaryStyle essayistic
politically engaged writing
rhetorical prose
mainTheme Latin American unity
Pan-Americanism from a Latin American perspective
anti-colonialism
anti-imperialism
cultural independence
national identity
movement Latin American modernismo
originalLanguage Spanish
partOf José Martí's political writings
publicationYear 1891
significance canonical work in Latin American studies
foundational text of Latin American thought
title Nuestra América self-link

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José Martí notableWork Nuestra América
Nuestra América title Nuestra América self-link
Nuestra América hasEnglishTitle Nuestra América self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Our America
José Julián hasNotableWork Nuestra América
subject surface form: José Martí