Perez Sarduy,Pedro (Editor) and Stubbs,Jean (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
1993
Published:
Melbourne Vic.: Ocean Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
Published in association with the Center for Cuban Studies (New York)., 309 p, This anthology looks at the AfroCuban experience through the eyes of the island's writers, scholars and artists. Divided into three sections: The Die is Cast, Myth and Reality and Redrawing the Line, introducing the reader to a wide range of previously unavailable Cuban authors, in which dissenting voices speak alongside established writers, such as Fernando Ortiz.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
Previously published as parts of volumes III, V, and VII of The Cambridge History of Latin America ... 1985, 1986, and 1990, 172 p, A concise history of this important island nation. Contributors, top scholars in the field, trace the political, economic, and social development of Cuba from the middle of the eighteenth century onwards. The concluding chapter, updated for this volume, considers the dilemmas and challenges that Castro's Cuba faces in the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse.
Why are Cubans and Chinese more at risk in their respective countries than Haitians from Haiti? When, last have you read about a revolution in Cuba where so many people lost their lives on a daily basis? This goes ditto for China. Apart from the conflict which took place in Tiamminen Square, a couple of years ago, there's been no other outward display of political persecution. In Cuba, there's always been a movement on from those in exile to recapture Cuba from Castro. For this reason anyone coming from Cuba has been welcomed in the U.S. with opened arms.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
363 p, "A reprint of this extensive study of Afro-Cuban music examines the musical traditions of the African population in Cuba, including rhythmic and melodic features, instrumentation, and vocal characteristics. It must be studied in conjunction with Ortiz's Los bailes y el teatro de los negros en el folklore de Cuba (1993) and Los instrumentos de la música afrocubana (1995), both of which have been reprinted. The three works have also been reprinted in Spain (Madrid: Editorial Música Mundana Maqueda, 1997)"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
