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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... performed by a white actor in blackface , and that such entertainment tended to ridicule blacks and black cultural ex- pression , however , reflects again an ambivalence toward Afrocubans . Chapters 3 and 4 provide case studies of two ...
... Ortiz , and Julio Richards performed stylized rumba before audiences in Europe , the United States , Latin America , and elsewhere . The music they promoted was reinterpreted by foreign artists , which in turn affected the INTRODUCTION 3 ...
... performed by street revelers in Dia de Reyes or Kings ' Day celebrations ( see chapter 3 ) . Also , syncretic Afrohispanic dance musics developed that became popular among working - class Cubans of all races . These dances , some of ...
... perform music as soldiers in military bands ( Acosta 1992 ) . The moreno - pardo ( black - mulatto ) distinction ... performed by the timbalero . In some cases , controversy over these " Africanisms " reached such proportions that ...
... performed in duple meter by orchestras of European instruments such as the violin , acoustic bass , clarinet , trombone , and cornet ( Schloss 1982 , 1 ) , as well as the timbal , which plays a constant rhythmic pat- tern . The most ...
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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