An ethnological interpretation of the Afro-Cuban world of Lydia Cabrera (1900-1991)

著者

• Gutiérrez, Mariela

書誌事項

An ethnological interpretation of the Afro-Cuban world of Lydia Cabrera (1900-1991)

Mariela A. Gutiérrez ; with a foreword by Beatriz Varela

E. Mellen Press, c2008

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-241) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

An analysis of the myth and symbolism permeating Lydia Cabrera's short stories.

目次

• List of Photographs of Lydia Cabrera
• Foreword by Beatriz Varela, Professor Emerita
• Acknowledgements
• Author's Prologue: Lydia Cabrera (1900-1991): Writer of Afro-Cuban Tales
• Introduction
• Chapter I: African and Afro-Cuban Factors in the Structure of Lydia Cabrera's Black Short Stories
• Chapter II: The Characters: Gods, Animals, Humans, Supernatural Beings and Objects
• Chapter III: The Theme of the Waters The Symbolic Language of the Waters in Lydia Cabrera's Short Stories
• Turtle's Stories and Their Relation to the Waters
• The Privilege of Intimating With the Waters
• The Myth of the Wasteland
• Conclusion
• By Way of an Epilogue
• Afro-Cuban Lore and Mores
• El Monte: The Setting of Lydia Cabrera's Cosmos
• Ache: Cornerstone of Yoruba Mythology
• Bibliography
• Works by Lydia Cabrera
• Publications on Lydia Cabrera's Opus
• Newspaper Articles about Lydia Cabrera
• Works Cited and Consulted
• Index
• Contributors.

「Nielsen BookData」 より

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA89799400
• ISBN:
  • 9780773450424
• LCCN: 2008040319
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Lewiston
• ページ数/冊数: x, 251 p., 11 p. of plates
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : PQ7389.C22
  • DC22 : 863./.64
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Cabrera, Lydia -- Criticism and interpretation
  • LCSH : Blacks in literature
  • LCSH : Blacks -- Cuba -- Folklore
  • LCSH : Folklore -- Cuba