| Description |
xvi, 341 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. Comparsas, congas, and chambelona: carnival and national identity in Cuba -- Felipe Pichardo Moya's "La comparsa": Afro-Cuban Carnival as sinister spectacle -- Carnival and Naniguismo: poetic syncretism in Alejo Carpentier's "Juego santo" -- Carnival and Afro-Cuban ritual in Nicholas Guillen's "Sensemaya: canto para matar una culebra" -- "Comparsa habanera,: Emilio Ballagas's emblematic contribution to Afrocubanismo -- Drumming up the clack vote: Chambelonas and Cuban electoral politics in Jose Zacarias Tallet's "Quintin Barahona" -- "La conga prohibida": Felix B. Caignet's response to carnival controversy in Santiago de Cuba -- Representations of Afro-Cuban Carnival in three poems by Marcelino Arozarena -- An outsider on the inside: Alfonso Camin's "Carnaval en la Habana" -- Epilogue. Carnival and cultural essence -- Appendix. A brief anthology of poems inspired by Afro-Cuban Carnival. |
| Subject |
Cuban poetry -- Black authors -- History and criticism.
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Cuban poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Carnival in literature.
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Blacks in literature.
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National characteristics, Cuban, in literature.
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Cuba -- In literature.
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| ISBN |
9780813035581 (alk. paper) |
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0813035589 (alk. paper) |
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