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Miriam Jiménez Román

ミリアム・ヒメネス・ロマン

Miriam Jimenez Roman

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1951-06-11 （Aguadilla, Puerto Rico）
Died
2020-08-06 （Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico） age 69
Nationality
Puerto Rico, United States
Languages
Spanish, English
Residence History
New York City, United States → Puerto Rico

Career

Occupations
scholar, activist, author
Active Years
1970-2020
Affiliations
Afrolatin@ Forum (Executive Director), Black Latinas Know Collective (member), New York University (visiting scholar, Africana Studies), Encyclopedia Africana (advisory board member)

Education

High School of Art and Design (Manhattan)
Period: 1965-1969
Year of Graduation: 1969
Country: United States
High school graduate (1969). Further degree information not available.

Awards

American Book Award
2011
Work: The Afro-Latin@ Reader: History and Culture in the United States (co-editor)
Organization: Before Columbus Foundation
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Afro-Latin@ Reader: History and Culture in the United States

2010 Essay anthology / Edited volume 456 pages

An edited collection of essays, short stories, poetry, memoirs and interviews on Afro-Latino history and culture in the United States. The volume makes visible the experiences and identities of Afro-Latino communities and provides a critical intervention in scholarship and public discourse.

Afro-Latinidadrace and mixingdiasporacultural history

Un hombre (negro) del pueblo: José Celso Barbosa and the Puerto Rican Race Towards Whiteness

1996 scholarly article

An essay discussing José Celso Barbosa and Puerto Rican racial dynamics toward whiteness.

racePuerto Rican history

Looking at that Middle Ground: Racial Mixing as Panacea?

2005 scholarly article

An examination of whether racial mixing can be seen as a panacea, analyzing relationships between mixing, social hierarchy, and discrimination.

racial mixingsocial critique

Triple-Consciousness? Approaches to Afro-Latino Culture in the United States

2009 scholarly article

A co-authored paper (with Juan Flores) proposing and examining the concept of 'triple-consciousness' for understanding Afro-Latino culture.

identity theorycultural studies

Bibliography

  • The Afro-Latin@ Reader: History and Culture in the United States (co-ed., 2010)
  • Un hombre (negro) del pueblo: José Celso Barbosa and the Puerto Rican Race Towards Whiteness (1996)
  • Looking at that Middle Ground: Racial Mixing as Panacea? (2005)
  • Triple-Consciousness? Approaches to Afro-Latino Culture in the United States (co-authored, 2009)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
scholarly and critical, interdisciplinary (crossing cultural studies, anthropology, history)
Recurring Motifs
race and identitymixing and discriminationdiaspora and visibility of communities

Health

  • cancer
    2019–2020
    Health declined in her final years, reducing public activity; ultimately the cause of death.

Legacy

Miriam Jiménez Román was a scholar and activist who helped establish the field of Afro-Latinx studies in the United States. Through scholarship, programming, and public interventions she made the experiences of Afro-Latino communities visible. Her edited volume The Afro-Latin@ Reader became a foundational text and won the American Book Award in 2011.

Academic Societies

  • Afrolatin@ Forum

In Popular Culture

  • Featured and obituary pieces in Remezcla
  • Profiles in outlets such as Mitú and Latina

Quotes

  • First, we're not in a post racial state. Race is still a very important part of how all of us – globally – live our lives. African-Americans and Latinos need to get together, create change that will benefit not just Latinos and African-Americans but all people of color.
    Source: Los Afro-Latinos: Q&A with Miriam Jiménez Román (2012) (2012)

Trivia

  • Won the 2011 American Book Award for The Afro-Latin@ Reader (co-edited with Juan Flores).
  • Born in Aguadilla in 1951; died of cancer in 2020.