Afro-Cuban Costumbrismo : From Plantations to the Slums

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Costumbrismo, which refers to depictions of life in Latin America during the nineteenth century, introduced some of the earliest black themes in Cuban literature. Rafael Ocasio delves into this literature to offer up a new perspective on the development of Cuban identity, as influenced by black cult...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ocasio, Rafael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Florida : University Press of Florida, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Slavery.
Cuban literature.
Black people > Social conditions.
Black people in literature.
Black people.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Caribbean & Latin American.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Spanish & Portuguese.
Litterature cubaine.
Personnes noires dans la litterature.
Slavery > Cuba.
Black people > Cuba > Social conditions.
Black people > Cuba > History.
Cuba.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Afro-Cuban Costumbrismo; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface: A Mulato Fino in the Twenty-First Century-A Personal Reflection; Acknowledgments; A Note on Translations; Introduction: Nineteenth-Century Costumbrista Writers on the Slave Trade and on Black Traditions in Cuba; 1. Cuban Costumbrista Portraits of Slaves in Sugarmills: Essays by Anselmo Suárez y Romero; 2. Juan Francisco Manzano's Autobiografía de un esclavo: Self-Characterization of an Urban Mulato Fino Slave; 3. Urban Slaves and Freed Blacks: Black Women's Objectification and Erotic Taboos.
  • 4. The Costumbristas' Views of Manly Black Males: Uppity Blacks and Thugs5. Depictions of the Horrific "Unseen": Cuban Creole Religious Practices; Conclusion: Costumbrista Essays on Blacks: Nineteenth-Century Preconceived Notions of Civility; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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