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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ocasio, Rafael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Florida : University Press of Florida, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9780813043678

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