Imaging the Chinese in Cuban Literature and Culture [electronic resource] /
López-Calvo, Ignacio.
Gainesville : University Press of Florida,
c2008.
More than 150 years ago, over 150,000 Chinese people emigrated to Cuba. This book examines the representations of these immigrants in Cuban culture, from food to books to painting.
More than 150 years ago, over 150,000 Chinese people emigrated to Cuba. This book examines the representations of these immigrants in Cuban culture, from food to books to painting.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-220) and index.
Chinese bondage -- Cuban Sinophobia -- Orientalism -- Chinese women as exotica -- Self-Orientalization -- Religious syncretism -- Painful transculturations -- Self-definition and the Chinos Mambises -- Exclusion and (mis)representation.
Description based on print version record.
Cuban literature
Cuban literature