Afro-Cuban costumbrismo from plantations to the slums
by
Ocasio, Rafael.
Title
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Afro-Cuban costumbrismo from plantations to the slums
Author
:
Ocasio, Rafael.
ISBN
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9780813043678
Publication Information
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Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2012. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2013)
Physical Description
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1 online resource (240 p.)
Contents
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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.
Abstract
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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.
Subject Term
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Cuban literature.
Slavery -- Cuba.
Blacks -- Cuba -- Social conditions.
Blacks -- Cuba -- History.
Blacks in literature.
Geographic Term
:
Cuba -- Social life and customs.
Cuba -- Religion -- 20th century.
Added Corporate Author
:
Project Muse.
Electronic Access
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Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | [[missing key: search.ChildField.HOLDING]] | Status |
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Online Library | E-Book | 239382-1001 | ONLINE | | Elektronik Kütüphane |