Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-297) and index.
Contents
Introduction : staging cultural memory in the Black Pacific -- The criollo nostalgia of José Durand -- Cumanana and the ancestral memories of Victoria Santa Cruz -- The Peruvian negritud of Nicomedes Santa Cruz -- Perú Negro and the canonization of black folklore -- The legend of chincha -- Susana Baca, immigrant nostalgia, and the cosmopolitan soul of black Peru -- Conclusion : beginnings.