Afro-Cuban Costumbrismo: From Plantations to the Slums

Contents

Contents Preface: A Mulato Fino in the Twenty-First Century—A Personal Reflection ix Acknowledgments xviii A Note on Translations xix Introduction: Nineteenth-Century Costumbrista Writers on the Slave Trade and on Black Traditions in Cuba 1 1. Cuban Costumbrista Portraits of Slaves in Sugarmills: Essays by Anselmo Suárez y Romero 13 2. Juan Francisco Manzano’s Autobiografía de un esclavo: SelfCharacterization of an Urban Mulato Fino Slave 60 3. Urban Slaves and Freed Blacks: Black Women’s Objectification and Erotic Taboos 87 4. The Costumbristas’ Views of Manly Black Males: Uppity Blacks and Thugs 120 5. Depictions of the Horrific “Unseen”: Cuban Creole Religious Practices 159 Conclusion: Costumbrista Essays on Blacks: Nineteenth-Century Preconceived Notions of Civility 201 Notes 209 Bibliography 213 Index 223 ...