Afro-Cuban Identity in Post-revolutionary Novel and Film
Andrea Easley Morris
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Afro-Cuban identity in Post-Revolutionary Novel and Film examines the changing discourse on race as portrayed in Cuban novels and films produced after 1959. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; APFA; DSB; HBJK; HBLW; HBTV; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
Afro-Cuban Identity in Post-Revolutionary Novel and Film examines the changing discourse on race as portrayed in Cuban novels and films produced after 1959. Andrea Easley Morris analyzes the artists’ participation in and questioning of the revolutionary government’s revision of national identity to include the unique experience and contributions of Cuban men and women of African descent. While the Cuban revolution brought sweeping changes that vastly improved the material condition of many Afro-Cubans, at the time overrepresented among Cuba’s poor and marginalized, the government’s official position was that racial inequities had been resolved as early as 1962. Although a more open ... Read more
Afro-Cuban Identity in Post-Revolutionary Novel and Film examines the changing discourse on race as portrayed in Cuban novels and films produced after 1959. Andrea Easley Morris analyzes the artists’ participation in and questioning of the revolutionary government’s revision of national identity to include the unique experience and contributions of Cuban men and women of African descent. While the Cuban revolution brought sweeping changes that vastly improved the material condition of many Afro-Cubans, at the time overrepresented among Cuba’s poor and marginalized, the government’s official position was that racial inequities had been resolved as early as 1962. Although a more open ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611484229
SKU
V9781611484229
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About Andrea Easley Morris
Andrea Easley Morris is assistant professor of Spanish at Louisiana State University and specializes in Hispanic Caribbean literature and culture. Her research to date deals with issues of cultural identity in relation to music and dance, space, and embodiment. Dr. Morris enjoys teaching service-learning courses on Latin American and Latino cultures that engage students in the local immigrant community.
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