Afrocuba: An Anthology of Cuban Writing on Race, Politics and Culture

, by Perez Sarduy, Pedro; Per‚z Sarduy, Pedro; Sarduy, Pedro Perez; Center for Cuban Studies

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ISBN: 9781875284412 | 1875284419
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 9/1/1994

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This anthology looks at the AfroCuban experience through the eyes of the island's writers, scholars and artists. "A rich portrait of AfroCuba-one of the most vibrant and least well-documented of the black Caribbean diasporas."-Stuart Hall

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Acknowledgements and note on terminology	p. 1
Introduction: The rite of social communion	p. 3
For a Cuban integration of whites and blacks	p. 27
The die is cast
The 19th century black fear	p. 37
Mariana and Maceo	p. 47
People without a history	p. 55
Drum ballad	p. 60
Claudio Jose Domingo Brindis de Salas	p. 64
Back to Africa	p. 67
Solutions to the black problem	p. 77
Times I walk with my father	p. 91
The 20th century black question	p. 92
Myth and reality
Imaginary dialogue on folklore	p. 109
An initiation ceremony in Regla de Palo	p. 117
The principle of multiple representation	p. 121
Abakua signs	p. 125
Sara, one way or another	p. 128
The Orishas in Cuba	p. 137
The strokes of magical realism in Manuel Mendive	p. 146
Bembesiana	p. 154
Asere	p. 157
Ifa says	p. 159
Ofumelli	p. 163
Maria Antonia	p. 169
Adire and broken time	p. 180
Redrawing the line
Birth of a national culture	p. 195
A white problem: Reinterpreting Cecilia Valdes	p. 204
The black and white in the narrative of Alejo Carpentier	p. 214
Runaway story	p. 222
Race and nation	p. 227
Rethinking the plantation	p. 238
Matilda	p. 243
The maids	p. 250
Questions only she can answer	p. 262
The true door	p. 263
Images and icons	p. 264
Rey Spencer's swing	p. 273
Notes on contributors	p. 287
Glossary	p. 297
Bibliographical note	p. 303
Index	p. 306
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