Nationalizing Blackness Afrocubanismo and Artistic Revolution in Havana, 1920-1940

Name: Nationalizing Blackness Afrocubanismo and Artistic Revolution in Havana, 1920-1940
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ISBN: 9780822956457

ISBN-10: 0822956454

ISBN-13: 9780822956457

Edition: 1997

Authors: Robin Dale Moore

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Nationalizing Blacknessuses the music of the 1920s and 1930s to examine Cuban society as it begins to embrace Afrocuban culture.nbsp; Moore examines the public debate over ldquo;degenerate Africanismsrdquo; associated withcomparasor carnival bands; similar controversies associated withnbsp;sonmusic; 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 toafrocubanismo.nbsp; He has collected numerous illustrations of early…

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication date: 12/17/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.298



Preface


Introduction



Afrocubans and National Culture



Minstrelsy in Havana: Music and Dance of the Teatro Vernaculo



Comparsas and Carnival in the New Republic: Four Decades of Cultural Controversy



Echale Salsita: Sones and Musical Revolution



Nationalizing Blackness: The Vogue of Afrocubanismo



The Rumba Craze: Afrocuban Arts as International Popular Culture



The Minorista Vanguard: Modernism and Afrocubanismo


Conclusion


Appendixes


Notes


Glossary


References


Index