Papers by Ninel Valderrama
Peripherica, 2023
In the dossier “El pabellón colonial: Revisiting Cuba and the Philippines,” García González and... more In the dossier “El pabellón colonial: Revisiting Cuba and the Philippines,” García González and Hartwell have brought together seven original works that investigate in great depth the archives of the last phase of Spanish colonial predation. The dossier explores the survival of the slave and racist framework, within a political metropolitan context that oscillated between vague constitutional promises and their effective and constant cancellation at the hands of the monarchy and its military, clerical, and commercial clientelist networks. The dispersed and complex archive recovered by the authors of the dossier offers a syncopated but precise account of the daily violence, both physical and symbolic, on which the Hispanic colonial racket rested.
In their intro to the dossier, Ernest Rafael Hartwell and Hugo García González review quadrilaterals and graphic sections of late colonial albums from Cuba and the Philippines, considering how certain geometric figures cut out and reify the unknown, directly brutalizing overseas nature and society in order to apprehend and control it under the imperious colonial gaze.
Transmodernity: Journal of Peripheral Cultural Production of the Luso-Hispanic World, 2020
Author(s): Valderrama Negron, Ninel | Abstract: The United States’ victory in the Spanish-America... more Author(s): Valderrama Negron, Ninel | Abstract: The United States’ victory in the Spanish-American War (1898) was very effective in military terms. However, the colonial incorporation of Cuba, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico was not an easy task, and it generated many domestic debates on how to become a dominant power while still championing democracy and freedom. Photography was employed as a new technology to conquer the public imagination regarding these possessions. This paper argues that the US’s imperial fantasy was constructed through the popular media that appeared almost immediately after the war. These publications were used as a political platform for the possible ways in which foreign policy could be conducted. While some publications had a clear expansionist agenda, others—like Our Islands and Their People—failed to produce an entirely imperial narrative. At first glance, this book seems to echo other imperialist publications; nevertheless, it contains several conflict...
Ph.D. candidate in Romance Studies at Duke University, where she was awarded the Latin American a... more Ph.D. candidate in Romance Studies at Duke University, where she was awarded the Latin American and Caribbean Fellowship in 2016. She holds an MA in Romance Studies in the same institution. Also, she holds a B.A. in History from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and completed her M.A. in Art History at UNAM. Also, she has several publications in international journals. She participated in the Unfolding Art History in Latin America project, carried out through the Getty Foundation during her MA in the UNAM. Her master's thesis won the University Award for best research in 2013.
TRANSMODERNITY: Journal of Peripheral Cultural Production of the Luso-Hispanic World, 2020
La victoria de Estados Unidos sobre España en la Guerra del 98 (1898) fue muy efectiva militarmen... more La victoria de Estados Unidos sobre España en la Guerra del 98 (1898) fue muy efectiva militarmente; sin embargo, la incorporación colonial de Cuba, Filipinas y Puerto Rico generó muchos debates sobre cómo convertirse en una potencia y al mismo tiempo defender la democracia y la libertad. La fotografía se empleó como una nueva tecnología para conquistar la imaginación del público con respecto a estas posesiones. Este artículo argumenta que la fantasía imperial de Estados Unidos se construyó a través de publicaciones que aparecieron casi inmediatamente después de la guerra. Estas se utilizaron como una plataforma política para las posibles formas en que se podría llevar a cabo la política exterior. Si bien algunas tenían una clara agenda expansionista, otras, como Our Islands, no lograron producir una narrativa completamente imperial. A primera vista, este libro parece hacer eco de otras publicaciones; sin embargo, Our Islands es una publicación compleja que revela profundas ansiedades que podrían reflejar el nacimiento conflictivo del imperio estadounidense. Por ejemplo, a través de sus fotografías, el libro naturalizó las peleas de gallos como una costumbre local. Lejos de ser inocente, esta inclusión enmarca la publicación desde una perspectiva diferente, ya que Estados Unidos había prohibido las peleas de gallos después de la guerra. Este artículo analiza a las peleas de gallos como un posible frente de resistencia ante la prohibición estadounidense.
Ensayo en conjunto con Gabriela Alvarez
Books by Ninel Valderrama
"Tipos o Estereotipos"
Quevedo tiene este mismo juego en otro lugar. Se trata del supuesto epitafio a la Celestina: "Yac... more Quevedo tiene este mismo juego en otro lugar. Se trata del supuesto epitafio a la Celestina: "Yace en esta tierra fría, / Digna de toda crianza, / La vieja cuya alabanza / Tantas plumas merecía. / No quiso en el cielo entrar / A gozar de las estrellas, / Por no estar entre doncellas / Que no pudiese manchar". "A Celestina", en Obras completas. Tomo II. Obras en verso, 488.
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Papers by Ninel Valderrama
In their intro to the dossier, Ernest Rafael Hartwell and Hugo García González review quadrilaterals and graphic sections of late colonial albums from Cuba and the Philippines, considering how certain geometric figures cut out and reify the unknown, directly brutalizing overseas nature and society in order to apprehend and control it under the imperious colonial gaze.
Books by Ninel Valderrama
In their intro to the dossier, Ernest Rafael Hartwell and Hugo García González review quadrilaterals and graphic sections of late colonial albums from Cuba and the Philippines, considering how certain geometric figures cut out and reify the unknown, directly brutalizing overseas nature and society in order to apprehend and control it under the imperious colonial gaze.