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The Preservation Of Afro-Cuban Culture In The Writings Of Lydia Cabrera, Alex Bravo
The Preservation Of Afro-Cuban Culture In The Writings Of Lydia Cabrera, Alex Bravo
Revista Surco Sur
Lydia Cabrera wrote the stories of Cuba and its African descendant slaves, and each story became a piece of culture, a piece of religion, and a piece of history. She saved what would have been many lost traditions. Lydia Cabrera published over one hundred books in her life; she was an ethnographer, a historian, and a writer. Her writings painted the pictures that preserved the heart of Afro-Cuban culture, Santería.
Creating A Literary Bond: Lydia Cabrera And Toni Morrison, Christiana Succar
Creating A Literary Bond: Lydia Cabrera And Toni Morrison, Christiana Succar
Revista Surco Sur
In comparing the short stories Cuentos Negros by Lydia Cabrera and the novel The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison one must recognize the impact of the time period in which the authors’ lived, the cultural identity represented in their works and the form and structure utilized to convey messages through literature. Though both women lived in different time periods in history and were from different backgrounds, as minority female writers they expressed similar recognition and insight of a minority culture while in the shadow of the Dominate European-American hegemony.