Black political activism and the Cuban republic [[electronic resource] /] / Melina Pappademos

• Autore: Pappademos Melina
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.119607291
• Soggetto topico: Black people - Politics and government - Cuba - History - 20th century; Black people - Cuba - Social conditions - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Cuba Politics and government 1909-1933; Cuba Social conditions 20th century; Cuba Race relations Political aspects History 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: At the Crossroads of Republic; 1 "Political Changüí": Race, Culture, and Politics in the Early Republic; 2 Black Patronage Networks; 3 Inventing Africa and Creating Community; 4 Africa in the Privileged Black Imaginary; 5 Power and Great Culture; 6 We Come to Discredit These Leaders: Political Change and Challenges to the Black Political Elite; Conclusion: Republican Politics and the Exigencies of Blackness; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: While it was not until 1871 that slavery in Cuba was finally abolished, African-descended people had high hopes for legal, social, and economic advancement as the republican period started. In Black Political Activism and the Cuban Republic, Melina Pappademos analyzes the racial politics and culture of black civic and political activists during the Cuban Republic.The path to equality, Pappademos reveals, was often stymied by successive political and economic crises, patronage politics, and profound racial tensions. In the face of these issues, black political leaders and members
• Titolo autorizzato: Black political activism and the Cuban republic
• ISBN: 1-4696-0276-8; 0-8078-6917-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457587003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Envisioning Cuba.