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UNINA9910785979403321 |
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Autore |
Ocasio Rafael |
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Titolo |
Afro-Cuban costumbrismo [[electronic resource] ] : from plantations to the slums / / Rafael Ocasio |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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0-8130-4391-3 |
0-8130-4367-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (253 pages) |
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Collana |
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The Florida James Joyce series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Black people in literature |
Black people - Cuba - History |
Black people - Cuba - Social conditions |
Slavery - Cuba |
Cuban literature |
Cuba Religion 20th century |
Cuba Social life and customs |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: nineteenth-century costumbrista writers on the slave trade and on black traditions in Cuba -- Cuban costumbrista portraits of slaves in sugarmills: essays by Anselmo Suárez y Romero -- Juan Francisco Manzano's autobiografía de un esclavo: self-characterization of an urban mulato -- Fino slave -- Urban slaves and freed blacks: black women's objectification and erotic taboos -- The costumbristas' views of manly black males: uppity blacks and thugs -- Depictions of the horrific "unseen": Cuban Creole religious practices -- Conclusion. Costumbrista essays on blacks: nineteenth-century preconceived notions of civility. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A broad examination of representations of Afro-Cuban religious themes in literature and popular arts, focusing on white authors of Costumbrismo literature represented black culture. |
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