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Article: An Ethnological Interpretation of the Afro-Cuban World of Lydia Cabrera (1900-1991)/Afro-Cuban Short Stories by Lydia Cabrera

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Gutiérrez, Mariela A. An Ethnological Interpretation of the Afro-Cuban World of Lydia Cabrera (1900-1991). Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen P, 2008. 251 pp.

Cabrera, Lydia. Afro-Cuban Short Stories by Lydia Cabrera. Trad. Mariela A. Gutiérrez. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen P, 2008. 249 pp.

El prolifero legado cultural dejado por Lydia Cabrera (1900-1991) ha provocado una gran variedad de estudios y aproximaciones críticas que avalan la calidad de la obra de la antropologa y etnóloga cubana. Sus aportaciones sobre la cultura y presencia africanas en el Caribe, especialmente en la isla de Cuba, le han dado renombre internacional situándola, merecidamente, en un puesto primordial en esta ...

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