Black political activism and the Cuban republic / Melina Pappademos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pappademos, Melina.

Series:

Envisioning Cuba.

Envisioning Cuba

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people--Politics and government--Cuba--History--20th century.

Black people.

Black people--Cuba--Social conditions--20th century.

Cuba--Politics and government--1909-1933.

Cuba.

Cuba--Social conditions--20th century.

Cuba--Race relations--Political aspects--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While it was not until 1871 that slavery in Cuba was finally abolished, African-descended people had high hopes for legal, social, and economic advancement as the republican period started. In Black Political Activism and the Cuban Republic, Melina Pappademos analyzes the racial politics and culture of black civic and political activists during the Cuban Republic.The path to equality, Pappademos reveals, was often stymied by successive political and economic crises, patronage politics, and profound racial tensions. In the face of these issues, black political leaders and members

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: At the Crossroads of Republic; 1 "Political Changüí": Race, Culture, and Politics in the Early Republic; 2 Black Patronage Networks; 3 Inventing Africa and Creating Community; 4 Africa in the Privileged Black Imaginary; 5 Power and Great Culture; 6 We Come to Discredit These Leaders: Political Change and Challenges to the Black Political Elite; Conclusion: Republican Politics and the Exigencies of Blackness; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-88-908847-8-7

979-88-9313-400-1

1-4696-0276-8

0-8078-6917-1

OCLC:

756484996