Afro-Cuban Costumbrismo

by Ocasio, Rafael

• ISBN13: 9780813041643
• ISBN10: 0813041643
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-09-16
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Florida

Summary

Costumbrismo, a term referring to depictions of life Latin America during the nineteenth century, introduced some of the earliest black themes in Cuban literature. Rafael Ocasio delves into this literature to offer a new perspective on the development of Cuban identity, as influenced by black culture and religion, during the sugarcane boom.

Author Biography

Rafael Ocasio is Charles A. Dana Professor of Spanish at Agnes Scott College and author of two books about Reinaldo Arenas, Cuba's Political and Sexual Outlaw and A Gay Cuban Activist in Exile. Photo by Phil Brecht.

Table of Contents

Preface: A Mulato Fino in the Twenty-First Century-A Personal Reflection	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xviii
A Note on Translations	p. xix
Introduction: Nineteenth-Century Costumbrista Writers on the Slave Trade and on Black Traditions in Cuba	p. 1
Cuban Costumbrista Portraits of Slaves in Sugarmills: Essays by Anselmo Suárez y Romero	p. 13
Juan Francisco ManzanoÆs Autobiografía de un esclavo: Self-Characterization of an Urban Mulato Fino Slave	p. 60
Urban Slaves and Freed Blacks: Black Women's Objectification and Erotic Taboos	p. 87
The Costumbristas' Views of Manly Black Males: Uppity Blacks and Thugs	p. 120
Depictions of the Horrific "Unseen": Cuban Creole Religious Practices	p. 159
Conclusion: Costumbrista Essays on Blacks: Nineteenth-Century Preconceived Notions of Civility	p. 201
Notes	p. 209
Bibliography	p. 213
Index	p. 223
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