Costumbrismo, which refers to depictions of life in Latin America
during the nineteenth century, introduced some of the earliest
black themes in Cuban literature. Rafael Ocasio delves into this
literature to offer up a new perspective on the development of
Cuban identity, as influenced by black culture and religion, during
the sugar cane boom. Comments about the slave trade and the
treatment of slaves were often censored in Cuban publications;
nevertheless white Costumbrista writers reported on a vast
catalogue of stereotypes, religious beliefs, and musical folklore,
and on rich African traditions in major Cuban cities. Exploring
rare and seldom discussed nineteenth-century texts, Ocasio offers
insight into the nuances of black representation in Costumbrismo
while analysing authors such as Suarez y Romero, an abolitionist
who wrote from the perspective of a plantation owner. Afro-Cuban
Costumbrismo expands the idea of what texts constitute Costumbrismo
and debunks the traditional notion that this writing reveals little
about the Afro-Cuban experience. The result is a novel examination
of how white writers' representations of black culture heavily
inform our current understanding of nineteenth-century Afro-Cuban
culture and national identity.
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