Description |
1 online resource (2 volumes (various pagings)) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits |
Series |
Scribner world scholar series |
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Scribner world scholar series.
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Contents |
volume 2. L-Z. Language. Language: Abakuá In Cuba And Its Influence On Spanish Usage -- Language: Lucumí -- Language: Spanish -- Life on The Hyphen (Gustavo Pérez Firmat) -- Literature. Literature: Nationalist and Reformist Literature, pre-1850 -- Literature: Fiction in the Republican Period -- Literature: Fiction in the Revolutionary Period -- Literature: Fiction in the Special Period -- Literature: Children's Literature in Cuba Since 1959 -- Literature: Nonfiction in the Colonial Period -- Literature: Nonfiction in the Republican Period -- Literature: Nonfiction in the Revolutionary Period -- Literature: Nonfiction in the Special Period -- Literature: Poetry in the Colonial Period -- Literature: Poetry in the Republican Period -- Literature: Poetry in the Revolutionary Period -- Literature: Poetry in the Special Period -- Literature: Publishing in Cuba During the Republican Period -- Literature: Testimonial Literature -- Lucía (Humberto Solás) -- The Machado Dictatorship Falls: August 1933 -- The "Mambo King": Dámaso Pérez Prado -- The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love (Oscar Hijuelos) -- Mario Carreño: His Art and World -- Matanzas |
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volume 1. A-K. Language-Visual Afro-Cuban Spirituality in the Art of Manuel Mendive -- La Anunciación (Antonia Eiriz) -- The Aponte Rebellion: 1811-1812 -- The Art of René Portocarrero -- Autobiography of a Slave (Juan Francisco Manzano) -- Azúcar y Población En Las Antillas (Ramiro Guerra) -- Baracoa -- Bayamo -- Bay of Pigs Invasion: 1961 -- Car Culture -- Cecilia Valdés (Cirilo Villaverde) -- Che Guevara and the New Man -- Che Guevara, Social and Political Thought -- Cienfuegos -- Classical Composers: Alejandro García Caturla -- Classical Composers: Amadeo Roldán -- Classical Composers: Leo Brouwer -- Classical Composers: Tania León -- Cocina Cubana: Nitza Villapol -- The Color of Summer (Reinaldo Arenas) -- Constantino Arias: Havana's Pre-Revolution Photographer -- Constitution of 1940 -- Cuban Adjustment Act -- Cuban Counterpoint: Tobacco and Sugar (Fernando Ortiz) -- Cuban Embargo -- Cuban Missile Crisis: October 1962 -- The Cuban Revolution of 1959 -- Cuban Singers in the United States -- Cuban Thought and Cultural Identity. Cuban Thought and Cultural Identity: The Various Ways of (not) Being Cuban |
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"Rita De Cuba": Rita Montaner -- Sab (Gertrudis Gómez De Avellaneda) -- Santa Clara's Leoncio Vidal Park -- Santiago De Cuba -- Science and Technology in Cuba -- La Sentencia (Belkis Ayón) -- Sexuality. Sexuality: Colonial Period -- Sexuality: Republican Period -- Sexuality: Revolutionary Period -- Sexuality: Jinetera and the Special Period -- Sexuality: Diaspora and Sexuality -- Sexuality: Gay and Lesbian Representation in Cuban Art, Film, and Literature -- Sexuality: The Mulata Figure in the Cuban Imaginary -- Sexuality: The Umap Camps -- Son Innovations: Arsenio Rodríguez -- Spain's "Discovery" of cuba: 1492 -- Spanish-American-Cuban War: 1898 -- Sports. Sports: Colonial Period -- Sports: Republican Period -- Sports: Revolutionary Period -- Sports: Baseball Before 1959 -- Sports: Baseball After 1959 -- Sports: Boxing Before 1959 -- Sports: Boxing After 1959 -- Sports: Soccer in the Cuban Republic -- The Still Lifes Of Amelia Peláez -- Strawberry and Chocolate (Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío) -- Sugar. Sugar: Colonial Period -- Sugar: Republican Period -- Sugar: Revolutionary Period -- Sugar: Representation in Cuban Culture |
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Cuban Thought and Cultural Identity: Costumbres in the Art and Literature of the 19th Century -- Cuban Thought and Cultural Identity: Costumbres in the Republican Period -- Cuban Thought and Cultural Identity: Costumbres in the Revolutionary Period -- Cuban Thought and Cultural Identity: Internet Blogging -- Cuban Thought and Cultural Identity: The Internet Experience in Cuba -- Cuban Thought and Cultural Identity: Populism, Nationalism, and Cubaanía -- Cuban Thought and Cultural Identity: Quinceañeras -- Cuban Thought and Cultural Identity: Radical Catholicism and Social Justice -- Cuban Thought and Cultural Identity: Socialist Thought -- Cuentos Negros De Cuba (Lydia Cabrera) -- De Donde Son Los Cantantes (Severo Sarduy) -- Día de Reyes en la Habana (Víctor Patricio de Landaluze) -- Diálogo Agreement -- Diasporas. Diasporas: Introduction -- Diasporas: 19th Century -- Diasporas: 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s -- Diasporas: Afro-Cubans in the Diaspora -- Diasporas: Waves of Immigration Since 1959 -- Diasporas: Cubans Abroad, Post-1959 -- Diasporas: The Politics of Exile in the Early 1960s -- Diasporas: Immigrant Exile Politics -- Diasporas: Political Action Committees and Lobby Groups |
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Diasporas: Exiles in the Cuban Popular Imagination -- Dirty Havana Trilogy (Pedro Juan Gutiérrez) -- Dreaming in Cuban (Cristina García) -- Dreaming of an Island (María Magdalena Campos-Pons) -- Ecology and Environment. Ecology and Environment: Colonial Period -- Ecology and Environment: Republican Period -- Ecology and Environment: Revolutionary Period -- Economy. Economy: Colonial Period -- Economy: Republican Period -- Economy: Revolutionary Period -- Economy: Special Period -- Education. Education: Colonial Period -- Education: Republican Period -- Education: Revolutionary Period: Stages of Educational Reform -- Education: Revolutionary Period: Philosophy -- Education: Literacy Campaign of 1961 -- Education: Schools in the Countryside -- Education: Cuban Schools in Miami -- Elpidio Valdés: A Revolutionary Cartoon Hero -- Enrique Jorrín and the Cha-Cha-Cha -- Esculturas Rupestres and other Works by Ana Mendieta -- Esteban Salas: An Eighteenth-Century Composer -- Faith. Faith: Catholicism -- Faith: Afro-Cuban Religions and Revolution -- Faith: Abakuá Society -- Faith: Arará -- Faith: Regla de Ocha and Ifá -- Faith: Reglas de Palo Congo |
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Faith: Spiritism -- Faith: Vodou -- Faith: Protestantism in Cuba -- Faith: Rastafari -- Faith: Judaism -- Fefu and Her Friends (María Irene Fornés) -- Film. Film: Early History to 1930 -- Film: 1931-1959 -- Film: 1959-1989 -- Film: 1989-2010 -- Film: Cuban Cinema of the Diaspora -- The Films of Jorge Molina and Eduardo Del Llano -- Florida -- Food. Food: Colonial Period -- Food: Republican Period -- Food: Revolutionary Period -- Food: Ritual Foods and Afro-Cuban Religious Traditions -- Food: Food Shortages and Gender -- Gallo Amarillo (Mariano Rodríguez) -- Gender. Gender: Colonial Period to 1920 -- Gender: The Women's Suffrage Movement in Cuba -- Gender: The Role of Women in the Struggle Against Batista -- Gender: Social Justice in the Revolutionary Period -- Gender: Feminism and Masculinity in the Revolutionary Period -- Gender: Trends in Women's Writing after the Revolution -- Gender: Women Behind the Camera -- Gender: Gender Roles in Union City: A Case Study -- La Gitana Tropical and the Artistic Influence of Víctor Manuel -- Gloria and Emilio Estefan: Latin Music's Power Couple -- Gómez, Guillén, Giral: Three Underappreciated Filmmakers |
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Governance and Contestation. Governance and Contestation: Colonial Period -- Governance and Contestation: The Republic: 1902-1952 -- Governance and Contestation: Insurrection, 1952-1959 -- Governance and Contestation: The Cuban Revolution -- "La Guantanamera" -- Guantánamo -- Guerrillero Heroico (Alberto Korda) -- Havana. Havana: Architectural Development and City Planning -- Havana: Atlantic Center of Shipping, Commerce, and Building -- Havana: El Morro and La Cabaña -- Havana: Havana as Cultural Center -- Havana: History of Urbanization, Housing, and Public Services -- Havana: Urban and Social History in the Twentieth Century -- Health and Health Care. Health and Health Care: Introduction -- Health and Health Care: Pre-1959 -- Health and Health Care: Revolutionary Period -- Health and Health Care: HIV/AIDS -- Health and Health Care: Medical Diplomacy and International Medical Education -- History Will Absolve Me (Fidel Castro) -- Holguín -- Indagación Del Choteo (Jorge Mañach) -- Isla De Pinos -- La Isla En Peso (Virgilio Piñera) -- José Martí: Exile in New York -- José Martí: Political Essays -- José Martí: Writings for and about Childrens -- La Jungla and the Artistic Development of Wifredo Lam -- Kid Chocolate -- The Kingdom of this World (Alejo Carpentier) |
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Mauricio's Diary (Manolo Pérez) -- Memories of Underdevelopment (Tomás Gutiérrez Alea) -- Miami -- Milk of Amnesia (Carmelita Tropicana/Alina Troyano) -- Misa Cubana (Cuban Mass, José María Vitier) -- El Monte (Lydia Cabrera) -- Mr. Rhythm: Benny Moré -- Music. Music: Early History -- Music: 19th Century -- Music: 1900-1945 -- Music: 1945-1958 -- Music: Music since 1959 -- Music: Nueva Trova (New Song): Music of the Cuban Revolution -- Music: Afro-Cuban Religious Influence on Cuban Popular Music -- Music: Ritual Music -- Music: Afro-Cuban Jazz -- Music: Cuban Rock -- Music: Hip Hop -- The Music of Ernesto Lecuona -- New York City -- Operation Pedro Pan -- Orígenes Group and Journal -- Palo Monte and Ancestral Spirits: The Art of José Bedia -- Paradiso (José Lezama Lima) -- Performing Arts. Performing Arts: Cuban Forms of Popular Dance -- Performing Arts: Dance: Ballet -- Performing Arts: Dance: Folkloric Dance -- Performing Arts: Dance: Modern Dance -- Performing Arts: Opera -- Performing Arts: Theater: Colonial Period -- Performing Arts: Theater: Republican Period -- Performing Arts: Theater: Revolutionary Period -- Performing Arts: Bufo Theater |
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Performing Arts: Performance Art -- Peruvian Embassy Crisis and the Mariel Boatlift: 1980 -- Platt Amendment -- Playwrights of the Revolution: Abelardo Estorino and Eugenio Hernández Espinosa -- The Poetry of José Kozer -- The Poetry of Nicolás Guillén -- Political Perspectives on Prisoners in Cuba -- The Politics and Death of Eduardo Chibás -- Popular Festivities and Celebrations in Cuba -- Popular Songs of the 1920s -- "Queen of Salsa": Celia Cruz -- Race. Race: Introduction -- Race: Slavery in Cuba -- Race: Free People of Color in Cuba -- Race: Racial Issues During the Transition to Independence -- Race: Afro-Cubanía in the Republic, 1907 to 1959 -- Race: Race Relations After the Revolution -- Race: The Chinese in Cuba -- Racial Uprising and Massacre: 1912 -- Radio. Radio: Beginnings and Development -- Radio: Commercial and Cultural Programming in Cuba -- Radio: Cuban Radio in South Florida -- Radio: Soap Operas -- Rafter Crisis: 1994 -- El Rapto De Las Mulatas and the Artistic Development of Carlos Enríquez -- The Ration System in Cuba -- Raúl Corrales: Photographer of the Revolution -- Relocation of the Audiencia to Cuba, 1799-1801 |
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The Sugarmill (Manuel Moreno Fraginals) -- Suite Habana (Fernando Pérez) -- El Super (León Ichaso) -- Television. Television: Beginnings and Development -- Television: Television since 1959 -- Television: Russian Cartoons -- Television: Soap Operas -- Ten Years' War: 1868-1878 -- Three Trapped Tigers (Guillermo Cabrera Infante) -- Tobacco. Tobacco: in Art and Culture -- Tobacco: Art of Tobacco Labels -- Tobacco: Cultivation: Botany -- Tobacco: Cultivation: Chemistry -- Trinidad -- El Triunfo De La Rumba (Eduardo Abela) -- Últimos Días De Una Casa (Dulce María Loynaz) -- Valle De Viñales -- Varadero -- Versos Sencillos (José Martí) -- La Virgen De La Caridad Del Cobre -- Visual Arts -- The Works of Tania Bruguera -- The World and Cuba. The World and Cuba: Cuba and Spain in the Colonial Period -- The World and Cuba: Cuba and Spain in the Post-Colonial Period -- The World and Cuba: Cuba and the United States -- The World and Cuba: U.S. Culture in Cuba -- The World and Cuba: Cuba and Africa -- The World and Cuba: Cuba and Socialist Countries -- The World and Cuba: Cuban Revolution and Latin America -- The World and Cuba: Cuban Revolution and the New Left -- The World and Cuba: Ideological Struggle in the United Nations -- Thematic Outline |
Summary |
Presents the major forces that have shaped the country both historically and culturally, offering a close look at themes emblematic to the nation's history. Features articles on works of art and nonfiction, political documents, speeches, testimonies, flashpoint events and places of cultural significance |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
SUBJECT |
Cuba. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79079435
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Subject |
Cuba.
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Genre/Form |
Gale Virtual Reference Library
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
West, Alan, 1953- editor.
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ISBN |
0684316846 |
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9780684316840 |
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