TY - BOOK AU - Ocasio,Rafael TI - Afro-Cuban Costumbrismo: From Plantations to the Slums T2 - The Florida James Joyce series SN - 9780813043678 AV - PQ7382 .A376 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Florida PB - University Press of Florida KW - Black people in literature KW - Black people KW - Cuba KW - History KW - Social conditions KW - Slavery KW - Cuban literature KW - Multi-User KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Cover; Afro-Cuban Costumbrismo; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface: A Mulato Fino in the Twenty-First Century-A Personal Reflection; Acknowledgments; A Note on Translations; Introduction: Nineteenth-Century Costumbrista Writers on the Slave Trade and on Black Traditions in Cuba; 1. Cuban Costumbrista Portraits of Slaves in Sugarmills: Essays by Anselmo Suárez y Romero; 2. Juan Francisco Manzano's Autobiografía de un esclavo: Self-Characterization of an Urban Mulato Fino Slave; 3. Urban Slaves and Freed Blacks: Black Women's Objectification and Erotic Taboos; 4. The Costumbristas' Views of Manly Black Males: Uppity Blacks and Thugs5. Depictions of the Horrific "Unseen": Cuban Creole Religious Practices; Conclusion: Costumbrista Essays on Blacks: Nineteenth-Century Preconceived Notions of Civility; Notes; Bibliography; Index; 2; b N2 - Costumbrismo, which refers to depictions of life in Latin America during the nineteenth century, introduced some of the earliest black themes in Cuban literature. Rafael Ocasio delves into this literature to offer up a new perspective on the development of Cuban identity, as influenced by black culture and religion, during the sugar cane boom. Comments about the slave trade and the treatment of slaves were often censored in Cuban publications; nevertheless white Costumbrista writers reported on a vast catalogue of stereotypes, religious beliefs, and musical folklore, and on rich African trad UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=497084&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -