Nationalizing Blackness: Afrocubanismo and Artistic Revolution in Havana, 1920-1940

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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. The highly documented volume is enhanced by the inclusion of relevant legislation concerning music, and a listing of sextets in Havana between 1920-45 by barrio"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. Robin Moore is assistant professor of music history at the. Esther Boyer College of Music, Temple University. Multiple travel grants from the MacArthur Foundation Peace and Security Program facilitated his research in Havana, Cuba. Former assistant editor of the Latin American Music Review, he has written articles for that publication as well as Caribbean Studies Journal and the International Review of the Aesthetics and Soc iology of Music. Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Preface Introduction 1 Afrocubans and National Culture 2 Minstrelsy in Havana: Music and Dance of the Teatro Vernáculo 3 Comparsas and Carnival in the New Republic: Four Decades of Cultural Controversy 4 Echale Salsita: Sones and Musical Revolution 5 Nationalizing Blackness: The Vogue of Afrocubanismo 6 The Rumba Craze: Afrocuban Arts as International Popular Culture 7 The Minorista Vanguard: Modernism and Afrocubanismo Conclusion Appendixes Notes Glossary References Index Library of Congress Data