Miguel De La Torre's excavation of the authentic Martí is piercing and raw, highlighting all ways Martí perpetuated the status quo. Yet, it is by way of this rigorous deconstruction that De La Torre unearths, rather brilliantly, the more revolutionary and liberative qualities of Martí's thought. As a result, he gives us a Martí for our time—a compelling Martí we should not ignore.
— José Francisco Morales Torres, Assistant Professor of Latinx Studies and Religion, Chicago Theological Seminary
“De La Torre embarks on the daring journey of challenging the colonial heteronormative apparatus in prevailing portrayals of José Martí. Readers will find a refreshing new depiction of this historical figure in which the insidious ideological structures behind the othering of racialized and gendered peoples are also uncovered. De La Torre’s analysis embodies what it means to engage the painstaking processes of revisiting authorized accounts of historical figures.”
— Néstor Medina, Associate Professor of Religious Ethics and Culture, Emmanuel College, Victoria University in the University of Toronto
“Miguel De La Torre provides an incisive, thought-provoking, and well-grounded interpretation of José Martí's thought, unraveling many of Martí's preconceptions about race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation which reflected the dominant ideas of his time and shaped the future Cuban nation. Overall, De La Torre convincingly argues that Martí substantially contributed to effeminizing Others from a white male Cuban gaze.”
— Jorge Duany, director and professor, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University