Nationalizing Blackness: Afrocubanismo and Artistic Revolution in Havana, 1920-40 (Pitt Latin American Series) - Hardcover

Moore

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 082294040X ISBN 13: 9780822940401

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997

Synopsis

Using the music of the 1920s and 1930s, this text examines Cuban society as it began to embrace Afrocuban culture. It demonstrates how music can function as the centre of racial and cultural conflict during the formation of a national identity.

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About the Author

Robin Moore is an associate professor in the School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin.Ê He has received awards including fellowships from the Rockfeller Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, and the National Humanities Center and is currently

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 082294040X
• ISBN 13: 9780822940401
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 340