Carnival and National Identity in the Poetry of Afrocubanismo [electronic resource] /
Anderson, Thomas F.,1970-
Gainesville : University Press of Florida,
c2011.
The poetry associated with Afrocubanismo has been of great interest to academics since the movement began in the late 1920s. Thomas Anderson's detailed analysis infuses new life into the study of these remarkable works. Focusing on the representations of carnival and its comparsas (carnival bands and music), it offers new readings of poems by seminal Cuban poets, demonstrating how their writings on and about these traditions both contributed to and detracted from the development of a recognizable Afro-Cuban identity.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
The poetry associated with Afrocubanismo has been of great interest to academics since the movement began in the late 1920s. Thomas Anderson's detailed analysis infuses new life into the study of these remarkable works. Focusing on the representations of carnival and its comparsas (carnival bands and music), it offers new readings of poems by seminal Cuban poets, demonstrating how their writings on and about these traditions both contributed to and detracted from the development of a recognizable Afro-Cuban identity.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
National characteristics, Cuban, in literature.
Blacks in literature.
Carnival in literature.
Cuban poetry
Cuban poetry