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Autore: |
Ocasio Rafael
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Titolo: |
Afro-Cuban costumbrismo : from plantations to the slums / / Rafael Ocasio
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Pubblicazione: | Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, 2012 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (253 pages) |
Disciplina: | 860.9/97291 |
Soggetto topico: | Black people in literature |
Black people - Cuba - History | |
Black people - Cuba - Social conditions | |
Slavery - Cuba | |
Cuban literature | |
Soggetto geografico: | Cuba Religion 20th century |
Cuba Social life and customs | |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Afro-Cuban costumbrismo ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-8130-4391-3 |
0-8130-4367-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910811226303321 |
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