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Afro-Cuban Costumbrismo : From Plantations to the Slums.
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...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Florida :
University Press of Florida,
2012.
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| Collection: | Florida James Joyce series.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | 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 culture and religion, during the sugar cane boom. Comments about the slave trade and the treatment of slaves were often censored in Cuban publications; nevertheless white Costumbrista writers reported on a vast catalogue of stereotypes, religious beliefs, and musical folklore, and on rich African trad. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (253 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813043678 0813043670 9780813043913 0813043913 9780813041643 0813041643 |