Research Catalog

Title

Trumpets in the mountains : theater and the politics of national culture in Cuba / Laurie A .Frederik.

Author

Frederik, Laurie Aleen.

Publication

Durham : Duke University Press, 2012.

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Details

Description

xxii, 336 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Subject

• Theater > Political aspects > Cuba
• Traveling theater > Cuba
• National characteristics, Cuban
• Cuba > Rural conditions

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Prologue : the red blood of Cuban identity -- Introduction : more than just scenery -- Revolution and revolutionary performance, or what happens when El Negrito, La Mulata, and El Gallego meet El Hombre Nuevo -- Artists in the special period, option zero, and the hombre novísimo, or the heroic rescue of Liborio and Elpidio Valdes -- Creative process and playmaking in Cumanayagua, or waiting for Atilio on the side of a country road -- The inundation of Siguanea and Cuba, or the near drowning and rescue of Cuba's Godot -- Cultural crusades and the unsung artists of Guantánamo, or how Don Quixote saves Humble Harriero from the devil -- Storytellers and the story-told : voices from the zones of silence, or who wins the wager if the cockfight ends in a draw -- Dramatic irony and Janus-faced nationalism, or the triumphant stage return of El Negrito and Mr. Smith.

Call Number

MWEL (Cuba) 13-3083

ISBN

• 9780822352464 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 082235246X (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780822352655 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0822352656 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2011053295

OCLC

YBP 2011053295

Author

Frederik, Laurie Aleen.

Title

Trumpets in the mountains : theater and the politics of national culture in Cuba / Laurie A .Frederik.

Imprint

Durham : Duke University Press, 2012.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

MWEL (Cuba) 13-3083