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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811226303321

Autore

Ocasio Rafael

Titolo

Afro-Cuban costumbrismo : from plantations to the slums / / Rafael Ocasio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, 2012

ISBN

0-8130-4391-3

0-8130-4367-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 pages)

Collana

The Florida James Joyce series

Disciplina

860.9/97291

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.