Ocasio, Rafael. <br/><br/>
Afro-Cuban costumbrismo  from plantations to the slums /  [electronic resource] : 
Rafael Ocasio. 
 - Gainesville :  University Press of Florida,  2012. 
 - xvii, 230 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: nineteenth-century costumbrista writers on the slave trade and on black traditions in Cuba -- Cuban costumbrista portraits of slaves in sugarmills: essays by Anselmo Suarez y Romero -- Juan Francisco Manzano's autobiografia de un esclavo: self-characterization of an urban mulato -- Fino slave -- Urban slaves and freed blacks: black women's objectification and erotic taboos -- The costumbristas' views of manly black males: uppity blacks and thugs -- Depictions of the horrific "unseen": Cuban Creole religious practices -- Conclusion. Costumbrista essays on blacks: nineteenth-century preconceived notions of civility. 
<br/><br/> A broad examination of representations of Afro-Cuban religious themes in literature and popular arts, focusing on white authors of Costumbrismo literature represented black culture. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813043678 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Blacks in literature.<br/>Blacks--History.--Cuba<br/>Blacks--Social conditions.--Cuba<br/>Slavery--Cuba.<br/>Cuban literature.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Cuba--Religion--20th century.<br/>Cuba--Social life and customs.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PQ7382  / .O26 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>860.9/97291