She Is Cuba: A Genealogy Of The Mulata Body

She is Cuba' traces the history of the Cuban mulata and her association with hips, sensuality and popular dance. Combining literary and personal narratives with historical and theoretical accounts of Cuban popular dance history, religiosity and culture, this work investigates the power of embodied exchanges: bodies watching, looking, touching and dancing with one another.

• | Author: Melissa Blanco Borelli
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Dec 01, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 240 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0199968179
• | ISBN-13: 9780199968176