Trumpets in the mountains
Subtitle: theater, culture, and politics in Cuba
By: Laurie Frederik
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780822352464; 9780822352655
Subjects: Rural conditions; Cuban National characteristics; Theater; Traveling theater
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : the red blood of Cuban identity; title: Introduction : more than just scenery; title: Revolution and revolutionary performance, or what happens when El Negrito, La Mulata, and El Gallego meet El Hombre Nuevo; title: Artists in the special period, option zero, and the hombre novísimo, or the heroic rescue of Liborio and Elpidio Valdes; title: Creative process and playmaking in Cumanayagua, or waiting for Atilio on the side of a country road; title: The inundation of Siguanea and Cuba, or the near drowning and rescue of Cuba's Godot; title: Cultural crusades and the unsung artists of Guantánamo, or how Don Quixote saves Humble Harriero from the devil; title: Storytellers and the story-told : voices from the zones of silence, or who wins the wager if the cockfight ends in a draw; title: Dramatic irony and Janus-faced nationalism, or the triumphant stage return of El Negrito and Mr. Smith.