Lydia Cabrera and the Construction of an Afro-Cuban Cultural Identity

by Edna M. Rodriguez-Mangual and Edna M. Rodríguez-Plate

Book Overview

Lydia Cabrera (1900-1991), an upper-class white Cuban intellectual, spent many years traveling through Cuba collecting oral histories, stories, and music from Cubans of African descent. Her work is commonly viewed as an extension of the work of her famous brother-in-law, Cuban anthropologist Fernando Ortiz, who initiated the study of Afro-Cubans and the concept of transculturation. Here, Edna Rodriguez-Mangual challenges this perspective, proposing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807855545
• ISBN13: 9780807855546
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"