Cuquita, la muñeca cubana / Yali Romagoza ; prólogo, Meyken Barreto.

Primera edición, septiembre de 2022.

Santiago de Querétaro, México : Rialta Ediciones, 2022.

134 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.

Yali Romagoza (La Habana) is a Cuban-born multidisciplinary artist currently based in Queens, NY. Her works are usually enunciated from a mestizo area that is directly related to her condition as an immigrant, woman, Latina, Cuban and artist. The artist works at a peculiar crossroads where fashion, performance, video, drawing and other disciplines meet. Romagoza's alter-ego, "Cuquita, The Cuban Doll" is inspired by the cut-out paper dolls that usually appeared on the back covers of magazines dedicated to women in Cuba in the seventies and eighties. These figures, known as "cuquitas", were accompanied by costumes and accessories that could also be cut out with which the paper dolls could be "dressed". Many generations of Cubans grew up playing and imagining women through the "cuquitas" and their designs.

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August 06, 2024