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Cuban counterpoints : the legacy of Fernando Ortiz / edited by Mauricio A. Font and Alfonso W. Quiroz.
Van Pelt Library F1787.O79 C83 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Western hemisphere studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ortiz, Fernando, 1881-1969--Congresses.
- Ortiz, Fernando.
- Ortiz, Fernando, 1881-1969.
- Social sciences--Cuba--Congresses.
- Social sciences.
- Music and literature--Congresses.
- Music and literature.
- Cultural fusion--Cuba--Congresses.
- Cultural fusion.
- Historiography.
- Civilization.
- Cuba.
- Acculturation--Congresses.
- Acculturation.
- Cuba--Civilization--20th century--Congresses.
- Latin America--Civilization--20th century--Congresses.
- Latin America.
- Cuba--Historiography--Congresses.
- Black people--Cultural assimilation--Cuba--Congresses.
- Black people.
- Black people--Cultural assimilation.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 294 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2005]
- Summary:
- While Fernando Ortiz's contribution to our understanding of Cuba and Latin America has been widely recognized since the 1940s, recently there has been renewed interest in this scholar and activist who made lasting contributions to a staggering array of fields. This book is the first work in English to reassess Ortiz's vast intellectual universe. Essays in this volume analyze and celebrate his contributions to scholarship in Cuban history, the social sciences-notably anthropology-and law, religion and national identity, literature, and music. Presenting Ortiz's seminal thinking, including his profoundly influential concept of "transculturation," Cuban Counterpoints explores the bold new perspectives that he brought to bear on Cuban society. Much of his most challenging and provocative thinking-which embraced simultaneity, conflict, inherent contradiction, and hybridity-has remarkable relevance for current debates about Latin America's complex and evolving societies.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Intellectual Legacy of Fernando Ortiz / Mauricio A. Font, Alfonso W. Quiroz, Pamela Maria Smorkaloff xi
- Part I Life and Education 1
- 1 Fernando Ortiz, My Father / Maria Fernanda Ortiz Herrera 3
- 2 Spanish Intellectuals and Fernando Ortiz (1900-1941) / Consuelo Naranjo Orovio, Miguel Angel Puig-Samper Mulero 9
- 3 It All Started in Madrid / Octavio di Leo 39
- 4 Ethnography at the University of Havana / Maria del Rosario Diaz 55
- Part II Interpreting Cuban History 63
- 5 Transculturation and Nationalism / Rafael Rojas 65
- 6 The Early Republic: Politics, Civic Culture, and Sovereignty / Marifeli Perez-Stable 73
- 7 The Political Ideas of Fernando Ortiz (1906-1933) / Carmen Almodovar 89
- 8 Economic Historian and Editor of Cuban Classics / Jose Matos Arevalos 95
- 9 Tobacco in the Contrapunteo: Ortiz and the Havana Cigar / Jean Stubbs 105
- Part III Social Sciences and Law 125
- 10 Economic Sociology and Ortiz's Counterpoint / Enrique S. Pumar 127
- 11 Transcultural Anthropology in the Americas (with an Accent): The Uses of Fernando Ortiz / Fernando Coronil 139
- 12 Poetry in the Presidio: Toward a Study of Proyecto de Codigo Criminal Cubano / Alejandra Bronfman 157
- Part IV Racial Diversity, Religion, and National Identity 169
- 13 The Term Afro-Cuban: A Forgotten Contribution / Tomas Fernandez Robaina 171
- 14 Transculturation a la Ajiaco: A Recipe for Modernity / Patricia Catoira 181
- 15 Religion in the Work of Fernando Ortiz / Jorge Ramirez Calzadilla 193
- Part V Literature and Musi 207
- 16 The Counterpoint and Literature / Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria 209
- 17 Of How Fernando Ortiz Found an Elusive Maiden for an Enchanted Gentleman / Ricardo Vinalet 217
- 18 Comparative Analysis of Theoretical Symbols / Antonio Fernandez Ferrer 229
- 19 Stirring the Ajiaco: Changui, Son, and the Haitian Connection / Benjamin L. Lapidus 237
- 20 Fernando Ortiz, Founder / Maria Teresa Linares Savio 247.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-273) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0739109170
- 0739109685
- OCLC:
- 56195006
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