Exotic

Hi!

I don't understand this part of the text I'm reading quite well.
" Ana Mendieta has been seen in many light... She has been seen as the ur-feminist, returning her body back to mother earth; the Cuban exotic, drawing from a variety of romanticized Caribbean traditions; and the psychologically damaged exile seeking to heal her divided identity through art."
Ana Mendieta- A Search for Identity, A thesis in art history, by Stephanie Lynne Finkelstein

Well, my problem is that I can't tell whether this "Cuban exotic" refers to the "light" in the first sentence or whether it's the shorter form of writing "she has been seen as the Cuban exotic". In any case, what would that mean: "the Cuban exotic, drawing from some traditions"? Could it be that she's risen from those traditions and that the exotic refers to the person(Ana Mendieta)...? Or is it the aspect in which we're viewing this person (Ana Mendieta) ?

In other words, what do the parts "the ur-feminist", "the Cuban exotic" and "the psychologically damaged exile" refer to; the person or the light we're viewing this person in?

I hope I've made myself clear!


Thanks a billion in advance!

They all refer to her, to Mendieta. She can be seen in many lights (I'm sure that word must have been plural, yes?): "as the ur-feminist; as the Cuban exotic . . . ; and as the exile . . . . " In other words, there are several ways to view (or think about) her.
"In many lights" = from many points of view.

Yeah, of course, it was a typo! I should have written "lights".
Thanks a lot! 👁 Smile :)
I think I get it now!