Nationalizing Blackness: Afrocubanismo and Artistic Revolution in Havana, 1920-1940University of Pittsburgh Pre, 1998 M01 15 - 336 páginas Nationalizing Blackness uses the music of the 1920s and 1930s to examine Cuban society as it begins to embrace Afrocuban culture. Moore examines the public debate over “degenerate Africanisms” associated with comparas or carnival bands; similar controversies associated with son music; the history of blackface theater shows; the rise of afrocubanismo in the context of anti-imperialist nationalism and revolution against Gerardo Machado; the history of cabaret rumba; an overview of poetry, painting, and music inspired by Afrocuban street culture; and reactions of the black Cuban middle classes to afrocubanismo. He has collected numerous illustrations of early twentieth-century performers in Havana, many included in this book. Nationalizing Blackness represents one of the first politicized studies of twentieth-century culture in Cuba. It demonstrates how music can function as the center of racial and cultural conflict during the formation of a national identity. |
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... important , I wished to discuss somewhat controversial top- ics with interviewees involving racial discrimination and thought they might be more willing to talk openly about past experiences rather than those of the present . Government ...
... important means of analyz- ing the ideological position of their authors toward Afrocuban culture . I sub- ject them to a fairly close reading , and thus the authors ' original words may provide additional insights that cannot be fully ...
... important , a cultural one involving the fusion of once distinct systems of lan- guage , religion , artistic forms , and other expression into a unique composite . Liberal middle - class representatives of what is often referred to as ...
... Perhaps most important , the study of music provides information on the construction of Cuban identity , past and present . As Faya ( 1993 ) and others have noted , music and dance are crucial to definitions 4 INTRODUCTION.
... important , the mass acceptance of certain forms of black music and dance by Cuban society did not necessarily imply greater social equality for or empowerment of Afrocubans themselves . Outline and Theoretical Issues This study ...
Contenido
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COMPARSAS AND CARNIVAL IN THE NEW REPUBLIC Four Decades of Cultural Controversy | 62 |
ECHALE SALSITA Sones and Musical Revolution | 87 |
NATIONALIZING BLACKNESS The Vogue of Afrocubanismo | 114 |
THE RUMBA CRAZE Afrocuban Arts as International Popular Culture | 166 |
THE MINORISTA VANGUARD Modernism and Afrocubanismo | 191 |
CONCLUSION | 215 |
APPENDIX 1 | 229 |
NOTES | 243 |
GLOSSARY | 275 |
REFERENCES | 289 |
INDEX | 313 |
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Nationalizing Blackness: Afrocubanismo and Artistic Revolution in Havana ... Robin D. Moore Vista de fragmentos - 1997 |
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