The Chinese Community and theCorneta China
Two Divergent Paths in Cuba
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4000692 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rolando Antonio Perez Fernandez (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Pages | 62-88 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Yearbook for Traditional Music (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0740-1558 • E-ISSN: 2304-3857 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5921/yeartradmusi.46.2014.0062 |
| OpenAlex | W2753341607 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
The Chinese are acknowledged to be one of the four basic ethnic groups that made up Cuba as a nation. Many Chinese joined in the nineteenth-century independence wars against Spanish colonial rule, and several Cubans of Chinese ancestry (hereafter, "Chinese descendants") turned out to be renowned artists and writers, including, among others, poet Regino Pedroso, painter Flora Fong, and Wifredo Lam, the most universal of all Cuban painters. Chinese influence has been felt in diverse fields of Cuban culture, from culinary art to religion, and from martial arts to music. Specifically, the introduction of a musical instrument, a sort of oboe or shawm called acorneta china,derived from the Han Chinesesuona,is one of the most significant Chinese cultural contributions to this island country. Nevertheless, the original instrument is no longer played by Chinese natives, and thecorneta chinahas been appropriated by non-Chinese Cubans since 1915, particularly in the eastern region of the island, where it is played in carnival street bands almost exclusively by performers of African descent. Thus, except for a short-lived attempt to come together in the lion dance during the 1980s and early 1990s, the development of the Chinese community and that of thecorneta chinahave followed divergent paths in Cuba, both of which are succinctly traced in this article
Ancient history · Art · Art history · China · Chinese art · Chinese culture · Chinese people · Colonialism · Dance · Ethnic group · Literature · Martial arts · Musical · Painting · Sociology · The arts · Visual arts · Anthropology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Cuban History and Society · History · Japanese History and Culture
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
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