They have contributed as well, according to the author, to the maintenance of the cuban underworld in. Borrowing the title from cuban polymath fernando ortiz, producer ned sublette takes a group of travelers, including you, to multiple sites in western cuba to analyze the musical impact of what ortiz called the cuban counterpoint of tobacco and sugar. Cuban counterpoint by fernando ortiz is a masterpiece by its time and still. This battle lasted from july 11th to july 21nd 1958. What was the reaction batista was not going to let these men take over cities he was in control of.
Cuban counterpoint by fernando ortiz is a masterpiece by its time and still influential almost 70 years later. Ortiz s examination of the impact of sugar and tobacco on cuban society is unquestionably the cornerstone of cuban studies and a key source for work on caribbean culture generally. Recommended citation cass, jeremy leeds, fashioning afrocuba. The legacy of fernando ortiz seems initially remarkable for the brevity of its many celebratory, often unfinished treatments of a scholar whose work was and continues to be immensely influential. This book explores the complexity of cuban dance music and the webs that connect it, musically and historically, to other caribbean music, to salsa, and to latin jazz. Semantic scholar extracted view of cuban counterpoint.
He is now working on an intellectual biography of paz. First published in 1940 and long out of print, fernando ortizs classic work, cuban counterpoint is recognized as one of the most important books of latin. In his essay, he states acculturation is used to describe the process of a transition from one culture to. Fernando ortiz, anthropologist, essayist, and philologist who pioneered in the study of neoafrican cultures in the americas, particularly in cuba. Bibliography of cuban philatelic literature internet edition ernesto cuesta index. Tobacco and sugar 1940 was published in cuba, fernando ortiz 18811969 had established himself as one of the countrys most influential public intellectuals. Representations of afrocuban expressive culture in the. Ortizs multidisciplinary contributions are approached with respect, affection, critical consciousness, and a welcome playfulness rarely seen in academic anthologies. Ortiz was a prolific polymath dedicated to exploring, recording, and understanding all aspects of indigenous cuban culture. Fernando ortiz is the author of cuban counterpoint 3. Fidel castro ruz, history will absolve me, october 16, 1953. Presenting ortizs seminal thinking, including his profoundly influential concept of transculturation, cuban counterpoints explores the bold new perspectives that he brought to bear on cuban society.
An american counterpoint brazil is one of the largest multiracial societies in the world, and the home of the largest single component of the overseas african diaspora. New introduction by fernando coronil duke university press durham and london 1995 the pennsylvanik state unnersity. Ortiz elaborated the concept of transculturation in which two or more. Counterpoint and transculturation, which will appear. Tobacco and sugar, an interpretation of the islands culture through its two principal products, and in the 1950s he contributed two more decisive volumes. Publication date 19 topics national characteristics, cuban. New text by fernando ortiz published in cuba repeating.
Fernando ortiz athlete born 1905, mexican olympic sprinter fernando ortiz arana born 1944, mexican politician. The cuban revolution inspired revolutionaries throughout latin america as idealistic young men and women took up arms to try and change hated governments for new ones. The first section of the book, counterpoint, is told in a poetic manner with meticulous details about sugar and tobacco. Communicating with transculturation openedition journals. Bibliography of cuban philatelic literature internet. Despite several end page 654 insightful essays found in the middle of the book or near its end, cuban counterpoints. Much of his most challenging and provocative thinking. Cuban counterpoint, tobacco and sugar fernando ortiz.
Write a short paragraph comparing the us point of view and castros point of view on the events surrounding the cuban revolution. Ortiz began his career as a lawyer and criminologist he was among the first to advocate the use of fingerprinting in police work. True tf both cuban and puerto rican music reflect african influence. First published in 1940 and long out of print, fernando ortizs classic work, cuban counterpoint is recognized as one of the most important books of latin american and caribbean intellectual history. Sugar and tobacco formed cubas history, were the motives of its leaders, the shackles of its leaders, the shackles of its. The action was an attempt to secure weapons to support. Doubletiming increases the rate of speed of a piece. Studies dedicated to fernando ortiz nypl digital gallery. Ortiz died in 1969 and the book was published posthously and then republished in havana by the editorial ciencias sociales in 1995. On june 25, 1929, lorca arrived in new york, after staying some months in the big city, which inspired him to write his book poeta en nueva york poet in new york and when he. Ortizs examination of the impact of sugar and tobacco on cuban society is unquestionably the cornerstone of cuban studies and a key source for work on caribbean culture. This is a wonderful conference with serious participation from folks in cuba, something wed like to see more of. Write a short paragraph comparing the us point of view and. Contents edition, by fernando coronil ix introduction, by.
Like so many latin american and caribbean men of his position and generation, fernando ortiz had left his native land to receive a european education. So he sent 12,000 men most untrained to the mountains. The fernando ortiz symposium on cuban culture and history march 2022, 2000. This volume is a compelling encounter with the many personas of fernando ortizanthropologist, lawyer, politician, humanist, and, perhaps most important, cuban visionary. First published in 1940 and long out of print, fernando ortizs classic work, cuban counterpoint is recognized as one of the most important books of latin american. That an incongruity between theory and object should have emerged in such a relatively new field was to be expected, perhaps, for in little more than its two decades worth the field has struggled to develop a vocabulary of its own while also reining in. Fernando ortiz footballer born 1977, argentine football player fernando ortiz footballer, born 1992, mexican football player. It is impossible to talk about the last fifteen years of cuban cinema without. One of the challenges facing the future of cultural studies is the coherence between conceptual tools and objects of research. The white cuban underclasses too, ortiz argues, cannot read and have therefore not been able to achieve even that first level of cultural advancement towards civility.
First published in 1940 and long out of print, fernando ortiz s classic work, cuban counterpoint is recognized as one of the most important books of latin american and caribbean intellectual history. Shades of race in contemporary cuba university of michigan. Ortizs examination of the impact of sugar and tobacco on cuban society is unquestionably the cornerstone of cuban studies and a key source for work on caribbean culture generally. In his work, ortiz uses the counterpoint to document the history of. Ortiz coined the term transculturation, the notion of converging cultures. Tobacco and sugar 1940 was pub lished in cuba, fernando ortiz 18811969 had established himself as one of.
These words delivered by federico garcia lorca in a letter to his fathers on april 15, 1930 in havana is a faithful testimony of the imprint that the island and its inhabitants left on this brilliant poet from granada. Towards a reading of fernando ortizs cuban counterpoint. As introduced by bronislaw malinowski, this is certainly a wealth of sober scientific labor and searching social analysis, in which the political, historical, economic, social significance of sugar and tobacco, the cuban counterpoint, is analyzed in a series of papers. The transnational counterpoint of sugar and nation in nineteenthcentury cuba article january 2007 with 17 reads how we measure reads.
Research on cuban music has a long and distinguished history that began in earnest in the late 1920s and 1930s with the publications of cubas most celebrated scholar, fernando ortiz. Fernandez introduces a set of terms, definitions, and empirical information that allow for a broader, more informed discussion. Ortiz presents his understanding of cuban history in two complementary sections written in contrasting styles. Establishing a scholarly foundation for the study of this music, raul a. During the first half of the 1900s, it was frequently described, both by nativeborn and foreign observers, as a racial democracy, in which blacks, mulattoes, and whites. On two italian publications by the cuban anthropologist fernando ortiz 1881 1969 massimo aliverti1, ilaria gorini2, melania borgo2, marta licata2, mariano martini5, ignazio vecchio3, cristina tornali4 1university of insubria varese italy, 2department of biotechnology and life sciences, university of insubria varese italy 3department of clinical and. I have a phd in anthropology from brandeis university and a ba in economics and ma in sociology from the university of delhi. Fernando ortiz fernandez havana, 16 july 1881 havana, 10 april 1969 was a cuban essayist, anthropologist, ethnomusicologist and scholar of afro cuban culture. Cuba counterpoints public scholarship about a changing cuba. Doc index1 031520 subject index this index is a work in progress and only reflects a limited number of the citations included in this bibliography.