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Author Ocasio, Rafael.

Title Afro-Cuban Costumbrismo : From Plantations to the Slums.

Publication Info. Florida : University Press of Florida, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (253 pages)
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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.
Contents Cover; Afro-Cuban Costumbrismo; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface: A Mulato Fino in the Twenty-First Century-A Personal Reflection; Acknowledgments; A Note on Translations; Introduction: Nineteenth-Century Costumbrista Writers on the Slave Trade and on Black Traditions in Cuba; 1. Cuban Costumbrista Portraits of Slaves in Sugarmills: Essays by Anselmo Suárez y Romero; 2. Juan Francisco Manzano's Autobiografía de un esclavo: Self-Characterization of an Urban Mulato Fino Slave; 3. Urban Slaves and Freed Blacks: Black Women's Objectification and Erotic Taboos.
4. The Costumbristas' Views of Manly Black Males: Uppity Blacks and Thugs5. Depictions of the Horrific "Unseen": Cuban Creole Religious Practices; Conclusion: Costumbrista Essays on Blacks: Nineteenth-Century Preconceived Notions of Civility; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Black people in literature.
Black people in literature.
Black people -- Cuba -- History.
Black people.
Cuba.
History.
Black people -- Cuba -- Social conditions.
Social conditions.
Slavery -- Cuba.
Slavery.
Cuban literature.
Cuban literature.
Indexed Term Multi-User.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: 9780813041643
ISBN 9780813043678 (electronic book)
0813043670 (electronic book)
9780813043913 (ebook)
0813043913 (ebook)
9780813041643 (print)
0813041643 (print)
0813043670