Nationalizing Blackness

"Nationalizing Blackness" uses the music of the 1920s and 1930s to examine Cuban society as it begins to embrace Afrocuban culture. Moore examines the public debate over "degenerate Africanisms" associated with "comparas" or carnival bands; similar controversies associated with "son" music; the history of blackface theater shows; the rise of afrocubanismo in the context of anti-imperialist nationalism and revolution against Gerardo Machado; the history of cabaret rumba; an overview of poetry, painting, and music inspired by Afrocuban street culture; and reactions of the black Cuban middle classes to "afrocubanismo," He has collected numerous illustrations of early twentieth-century performers in Havana, many included in this book. "Nationalizing Blackness" represents one of the first politicized studies of twentieth-century culture in Cuba. It demonstrates how music can function as the center of racial and cultural conflict during the formation of a national identity.

ISBN 0822956454   Pages 340 ISBN13 9780822956457 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher University of Pittsburgh Press   Weight (grammes) 503 Imprint University of Pittsburgh Press   Published in Pittsburgh PA Format Paperback   Series title Pitt Latin American Series Publication date 31 Dec 1997   Height (mm) 229 Library of Congress ML3486.C8M   Width (mm) 152 DEWEY 306.484097291   Spine width (mm) 21 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

"Moore's fascinating and well-written study is intellectually daring in its argument, thorough in its social-historical research, and deserving of a wide audience in the social sciences."- --Cristobal Diaz, "Fundacion Musicalia," Puerto Rico

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