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Trumpets in the Mountains : Theater and the Politics of National Culture in Cuba /

An ethnography exploring how the meaning of cubanía, or Cubanness, is generated in interactions between the state, ordinary Cubans, intellectuals, and artists and other cultural workers.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Frederik, Laurie Aleen
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2012.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Prologue : the red blood of Cuban identity
  • Introduction : more than just scenery
  • Revolution and revolutionary performance, or what happens when El Negrito, La Mulata, and El Gallego meet El Hombre Nuevo
  • Artists in the special period, option zero, and the hombre novísimo, or the heroic rescue of Liborio and Elpidio Valdes
  • Creative process and playmaking in Cumanayagua, or waiting for Atilio on the side of a country road
  • The inundation of Siguanea and Cuba, or the near drowning and rescue of Cuba's Godot
  • Cultural crusades and the unsung artists of Guantánamo, or how Don Quixote saves Humble Harriero from the devil
  • Storytellers and the story-told : voices from the zones of silence, or who wins the wager if the cockfight ends in a draw
  • Dramatic irony and Janus-faced nationalism, or the triumphant stage return of El Negrito and Mr. Smith.