Nationalizing blackness : afrocubanismo and artistic revolution in Havana, 1920-1940 /

"An examination of Cuban society through the music of the 1920s-30s when it began to embrace Afro-Cuban culture. Traces how the African element of Cuban society became associated with national identity. Among topics examined are carnival bands, son music, cabaret rumba, and blackface theater sh...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Moore, Robin D., 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©1997.
Series:Pitt Latin American series.
University of Pittsburgh Press Digital Editions
University of Pittsburgh Digital Collections
Subjects:
Geschichte 1920-1940.
Popular music > Cuba > African influences.
Black people > Cuba > Music.
Popular culture > Cuba > African influences.
Musique populaire > Cuba > Influence africaine.
Personnes noires > Cuba > Musique.
Culture populaire > Cuba > Influence africaine.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > International.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Pop Vocal.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > New Age.
Black people.
Popular culture > African influences.
Popular music > African influences.
Afro-cuban jazz
Culturele bewegingen.
Noirs > Cuba > Musique.
Cuba.
Havanna
Music.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Afrocubans and national culture
  • Minstrelsy in Havana: music and dance of the Teatro Vernaculo
  • Comparsas and carnival in the new republic: four decades of cultural controversy
  • Echale salsita: sones and musical revolution
  • Nationalizing blackness: the vogue of Afrocubanismo
  • Rumba craze: Afrocuban arts as international popular culture
  • Minorista vanguard: modernism and Afrocubanismo.

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