Cuban Zarzuela: Performing Race and Gender on Havana's Lyric Stage
- Author: Thomas, Susan
Thomas provides both an informative treatment of this allegoric play and a well-written sociocultural discourse on the relationship between gender, race, music and dance in 19th-century Havana.... — More…
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Contents
- Acknowledgments vii
- Introduction 1
- 1. Cuban Lyric Theater in Context 11
- 2. Eminently Feminine: The Politics of Gender and Genre 26
- 3. The Mulata Makes an Entrance: The Salidas of Maria Ia O, Cecilia Valdes, and Amalia Barista 40
- 4. From the Negrito to the Negro Tragico: The Changing Representation of Black Masculinity 81
- 5. Ingenues and Fallen Women: Representations of White Femininity 109
- 6. Ambivalent Heroes and Sensual Peasants: The Galan and the Criollo 154
- Epilogue 177
- Appendix 183
- Notes 191
- Bibliography 221
- Index 237
