Nationalizing blackness : afrocubanismo and artistic revolution in Havana, 1920-1940 / Robin Moore.

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"An examination of Cuban society through the music of the 1920s-30s when it began to embrace Afro-Cuban culture. Traces how the African element of Cuban society became associated with national identity. Among topics examined are carnival bands, son music, cabaret rumba, and blackface theater shows....

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Pitt Latin American series.
Main Author: Moore, Robin D., 1964-
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [1997], ©1997.
Series:Pitt Latin American series.
Subjects:
Popular music > Cuba > Havana > African influences.
Black people > Cuba > Havana > Music > History and criticism.
Havana (Cuba) > Social conditions > 20th century.
Physical Description:xii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Afrocubans and national culture
  • Minstrelsy in Havana: music and dance of the Teatro Vernaculo
  • Comparsas and carnival in the new republic: four decades of cultural controversy
  • Echale salsita: sones and musical revolution
  • Nationalizing blackness: the vogue of Afrocubanismo
  • Rumba craze: Afrocuban arts as international popular culture
  • Minorista vanguard: modernism and Afrocubanismo.