Afro-Cuban costumbrismo from plantations to the slums / Rafael Ocasio.

Author/creator Ocasio, Rafael
Format Electronic
Publication InfoGainesville : University Press of Florida,
Descriptionxvii, 230 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Black people in literature.
Black people--Cuba. --History.
Black people--Cuba. --Social conditions.
Slavery--Cuba.
Cuban literature.
Cuba--Religion. --20th century.
Cuba--Social life and customs.

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.
Subject 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 213-222) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012009922
ISBN9780813041643 (alk. paper)
ISBN0813041643 (alk. paper)

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