The Resource Afro-Cuban Costumbrismo : From Plantations to the Slums
Afro-Cuban Costumbrismo : From Plantations to the Slums
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The item Afro-Cuban Costumbrismo : From Plantations to the Slums represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (253 pages)
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780813043678
- Label
- Afro-Cuban Costumbrismo : From Plantations to the Slums
- Title
- Afro-Cuban Costumbrismo
- Title remainder
- From Plantations to the Slums
- Subject
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- Blacks
- Blacks -- Cuba -- History
- Blacks -- Cuba -- Social conditions
- Blacks -- Social conditions
- Blacks in literature
- Blacks in literature
- Cuba
- Cuban literature
- Cuban literature
- History
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | Spanish & Portuguese
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American
- Multi-User.
- Slavery
- Slavery -- Cuba
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- MHW
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ocasio, Rafael
- Dewey number
- 860.997291
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- PQ7382 .O26 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- The Florida James Joyce series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Blacks in literature
- Blacks
- Blacks
- Slavery
- Cuban literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Blacks
- Blacks in literature
- Blacks
- Cuban literature
- Slavery
- Cuba
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American
- Label
- Afro-Cuban Costumbrismo : From Plantations to the Slums
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- 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
- Control code
- 815667413
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (253 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813043678
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctvx0bsds
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)815667413
- Label
- Afro-Cuban Costumbrismo : From Plantations to the Slums
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 815667413
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (253 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780813043678
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctvx0bsds
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)815667413
Subject
- Blacks
- Blacks -- Cuba -- History
- Blacks -- Cuba -- Social conditions
- Blacks -- Social conditions
- Blacks in literature
- Blacks in literature
- Cuba
- Cuban literature
- Cuban literature
- History
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | Spanish & Portuguese
- LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American
- Multi-User.
- Slavery
- Slavery -- Cuba
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