Lydia cabrera cuentos pdf

Abstract lydia cabrera s cuentos negros were compiled by the cuban anthopologist from african tales orally transmited in the 1930s. He was a member of the proindependence intellectuals known as the generation of 1868 and founder of the literary and political magazine cuba y america. As much a storyteller as an ethnographer, lydia cabrera was captiva. Unfortunately few of her works have been translated into english. Lydia cabrera archivos pub libros, epub, mobi, pdf. Lydia cabrera, retos linguisticos v cubanosdekilates. Por su parte, ortiz y cabrera en sus largos y fecundos quehaceres, lograron construir, cada uno en su cam po, dos obras realmente monumentales. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Lydia cabrera may 20, 1899 in havana, cuba september 19, 1991 in miami, florida was a cuban independent ethnographer.

Lydia cabrera, cuban ethnologist and shortstory writer noted for both her collections of afrocuban folklore and her works of fiction. Ademas, ella les ha impartido su propio calor y su rica fantasia. The lydia cabrera papers document the life and career of writer and ethnographer lydia cabrera, one of the 20th centurys leading writers on. Cuban studies and cabreras work, ground this translation of afrocuban tales by hernandezchiroldes and yoder. En lydia cabrera, afrocuban tales, university of nebraska press lincoln and london, 2004, isbn 0803215339. Lydia cabrera distinguished herself as the foremost ethnographer and storyteller of afro. You can see many publish lists and titles including the authors. Florida international university miami dade college. Lydia cabrera may 20, 1899, in havana, cuba september 19, 1991, in miami, florida was a cuban independent ethnographer cabrera was a cuban writer and literary activist. Then, we also serve numerous kinds of the book collections from around the world. Project muse lydia cabrera and the construction of an. Sep 09, 2008 open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Lydia cabrera and the construction of an afrocuban identity. During her lifetime she published over one hundred books.

This timely and illuminating study of the writings of lydia cabrera brings to the fore one of its larger. Lydia cabrera was born in havana, cuba on may 20, 1899. She was an authority on santeria and other afrocuban religions. Lydia cabrera is a legendary cuban ethnographer and author on afrocuban religions. Lydia cabrera cuban author and ethnologist britannica.

Recibio educacion con tutores en su casa y su hermana mayor contribuyo a su formacion cultural. All of the stories in afrocuban tales convey an ethnographic interest in preserving africanderived traditions, language, and ritual, with as much. The daughter of cuban historian raimundo cabrera, lydia cabrera was told african folk legends by her nanny and. She bases her biographically informative introduction on the authors field notes and personal papers that are now digitized as the lydia cabrera collection in the cuban heritage collection of the university of miami library. Mi pais me empezo a interesar en francia hiriart 72. Theses tales analysis enables to distinguish a high degree of transculturation from strictly african elements which were later transformed when they met the western tradition.