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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... tended my work to address issues of ideology , hegemony , and resistance , and to study interactions between the state and cultural elite ( " the system " ) and the black working classes . I hoped to provide insights into the formation ...
... 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 musical genres created by Afrocuban working - class groups themselves ...
... tended to view Afrocuban artistic expression as a potential threat to national culture . At best , such expression was dismissed as a " cosa de negros " ( something blacks do ) , but more often it was openly con- demned as an influence ...
... tended to be paid less than other white - collar professionals , contributing to their lower status . In general , musical labor straddled a cognitive boundary between white - collar and blue - collar , elite and common , in the minds ...
... tended to be the most mar- ginal of the white elite and felt poorly represented by Spain . They were more willing to risk their lives and property than those living closer to the capital . Ironically , Cuban blacks also fought on the ...
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 |
Nationalizing Blackness: Afrocubanismo and Artistic Revolution in Havana ... Robin D. Moore Sin vista previa disponible - 1997 |