Afro-Cuban costumbrismo [[electronic resource] ] : from plantations to the slums / / Rafael Ocasio

• Autore: Ocasio Rafael
• Pubblicazione: Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, 2012
• 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.: 9910785979403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Florida James Joyce series.; Ebook Central (Collection)