Performing Afro-Cuba - Image, Voice, Spectacle in the Making of Race and History

Visitors to Cuba will notice that Afro-Cuban figures and references are everywhere. In this book, the author examines how the animation of Cuba's colonial past and African heritage through such figures and performances not only reflects but also shapes the Cuban experience of Blackness.

A propos de l'auteur

Kristina Wirtz is associate professor of anthropology at Western Michigan University. She is the author of Ritual, Discourse, and Community in Cuban Santeria.

Résumé

Visitors to Cuba will notice that Afro-Cuban figures and references are everywhere. In this book, the author examines how the animation of Cuba's colonial past and African heritage through such figures and performances not only reflects but also shapes the Cuban experience of Blackness.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Kristina Wirtz, Wirtz Kristina
• Edition: University Of Chicago Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 05.06.2014
• EAN: 9780226119052
• ISBN: 978-0-226-11905-2
• Pages: 344
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Musique > Général, dictionnaires; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Autres; Cuba, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology