Blackface Nationalism, Cuba 1840-1868

Examines the blackface stereotypes of "teatro bufo" in colonial Cuba to show how the figures of the bozal (African-born, and African dialect of Spanish) and the catedrático (comic stage referent to African's way of speaking Spanish) enabled the dramatization of anti-colonial sentiment...

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Published in:Theatre journal (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 1998-03, Vol.50 (1), p.21-38
Main Author: Lane, Jill
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
19th century
African American culture
African Americans
African music
Black people
Blackface performance
Colonialism
Counterfeiting
Dialect
Ethnicity
Hispanic Theater
Indigenous peoples
Latin American culture
Minstrel Shows
Music
Musical rhythm
Nationalism
Race
Slavery
Spanish
Stereotypes
Teatro Bufo
Theater
Whites
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Summary:Examines the blackface stereotypes of "teatro bufo" in colonial Cuba to show how the figures of the bozal (African-born, and African dialect of Spanish) and the catedrático (comic stage referent to African's way of speaking Spanish) enabled the dramatization of anti-colonial sentiment as well as criollo (Cuban-born) anxieties about racial difference inscripted on bodies as well as in speech. Discusses the place of mestizaje (racial and cultural mixing) in the enactment of Cuban nationalism, and provides a corrective to readings that reduce the performance of race to the representation of "the Other."
ISSN:0192-2882
1086-332X
1086-332X
DOI:10.1353/tj.1998.0015