02703nam 2200625Ia 450 991077766890332120230617035736.0979-88-908786-8-70-8078-7628-3(CKB)1000000000458711(EBL)413405(OCoLC)476237395(SSID)ssj0000194931(PQKBManifestationID)11157023(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000194931(PQKBWorkID)10242364(PQKB)10227869(Au-PeEL)EBL413405(CaPaEBR)ebr10116535(CaONFJC)MIL930060(MiAaPQ)EBC413405(EXLCZ)99100000000045871120040423d2004 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLydia Cabrera and the construction of an Afro-Cuban cultural identity[electronic resource] /Edna M. Rodríguez-MangualChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20041 online resource (214 p.)Envisioning CubaDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-5554-5 0-8078-2887-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-193) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Point of Departure: Fernando Ortiz and Afro-Cuban Studies; 2 A Disarticulation of the Gaze: Exploring Modes of Authority and Representation in the Rhetoric of El monte; 3 The Death of the King: Between Anthropology and Fiction; 4 The Anthropologist's Exile: Nation and Simulacrum; Notes; Bibliography; Index;Lydia Cabrera (1900-1991) collected oral histories, stories, and music from Cubans of African descent. Her work is often viewed as an extension of the work of her famous brother-in-law, Cuban anthropologist Fernando Ortiz. Edna Rodriguez-Mangual challenges this, proposing that her work is an alternative to the hegemonizing national myth of Cuba.Envisioning Cuba.Black peopleCultural assimilationCubaBlack peopleCubaEthnic identityBlack peopleCubaFolkloreCubaCivilizationAfrican influencesBlack peopleCultural assimilationBlack peopleEthnic identity.Black people868/.6409Rodríguez-Mangual Edna M1551432MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777668903321Lydia Cabrera and the construction of an Afro-Cuban cultural identity3810923UNINA