Lydia Cabrera and the Construction of an Afro-Cuban Cultural Identity (Envisioning Cuba)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 9, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780807855546
Subjects: Black studies; Folklore & Mythology; Contributions in Cuban ethnolo; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Cabrera, Lydia; Folklore; Literary Criticism; Cuba; Anthropology - Cultural; Caribbean & Latin American; Lydia Cabrera (1900 - 1991); nationalism; Fernando Ortiz; Afro-Cubans; Cuban Identity; national imaginary;; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; Blacks; African influences; Civilization; Cultural assimilation; Ethnic identity
First sentence: Lisandra Otero quite rightly states, "Cuba is a small country destined to play a role out of proportion for its size" (Fornet 18).