Afro-Cuban costumbrismo from plantations to the slums

Afro-Cuban costumbrismo from plantations to the slums /

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A broad examination of representations of Afro-Cuban religious themes in literature and popular arts, focusing on white authors of Costumbrismo literature represented black culture.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ocasio, Rafael
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2012.
Subjects:
Blacks in literature.
Blacks > Cuba > History.
Blacks > Cuba > Social conditions.
Slavery > Cuba.
Cuban literature.
Cuba > Religion > 20th century.
Cuba > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Access E-Book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: nineteenth-century costumbrista writers on the slave trade and on black traditions in Cuba
  • Cuban costumbrista portraits of slaves in sugarmills: essays by Anselmo Suárez y Romero
  • Juan Francisco Manzano's autobiografía de un esclavo: self-characterization of an urban mulato
  • Fino slave
  • Urban slaves and freed blacks: black women's objectification and erotic taboos
  • The costumbristas' views of manly black males: uppity blacks and thugs
  • Depictions of the horrific "unseen": Cuban Creole religious practices
  • Conclusion. Costumbrista essays on blacks: nineteenth-century preconceived notions of civility.

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