Nationalizing Blackness: Afrocubanismo and Artistic Revolution

Nationalizing Blackness: Afrocubanismo and Artistic Revolution in Havana, 1920–1940 (Pitt Latin American Series)
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Nationalizing Blackness uses the music of the 1920s and 1930s to examine Cuban society as it begins to embrace Afrocuban culture.Â Moore examines the public debate over â€œdegenerate Africanismsâ€ associated with comparas or carnival bands; similar controversies associated withÂ son music; 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 to afrocubanismo.Â He has collected numerous illustrations of early twentieth-century performers in Havana, many included in this book.
Nationalizing Blackness represents one of the first politicized studies of twentieth-century culture in Cuba.Â It demonstrates how music can function as the center of racial and cultural conflict during the formation of a national identity.
Country USA
Brand University of Pittsburgh Press
Manufacturer University of Pittsburgh Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber illustrations, 35 halftones
ReleaseDate 1997-12-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780822956457

Country	USA
Brand	University of Pittsburgh Press
Manufacturer	University of Pittsburgh Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	illustrations, 35 halftones
ReleaseDate	1997-12-17
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780822956457

Nationalizing Blackness: Afrocubanismo and Artistic Revolution in Havana, 1920–1940 (Pitt Latin American Series)