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Lydia Cabrera nace en La Habana el 20 de mayo de 1900 y muere en Miami, exiliada de Cuba, el 19 de septiembre de 1991. La escritora y antropóloga cubana, una de las figuras centrales de la cultura cubana, es autora de 23 libros, que en su mayoría estudian la cultura y religión afrocubana y son considerados clásicos por la excelencia de su investigación y la belleza mágica de su prosa.
Lydia Cabrera was born in Havana, Cuba, on May 20, 1900 and dies in exile in Miami, Florida on September 19, 1991. A writer and anthropologist, she is one of the central figures of Cuban culture. Her twenty-three books, primarily focusing on Afro-Cuban culture and religion, are considered classics because of her excellent investigations and the magical beauty of her prose.
009-7 EL MONTE (Igbo Finda/Ewe Orisha/Vititi Nfinda) / Séptima
reedición/ $ 25.00
Considerado el libro más completo escrito sobre las religiones, costumbres y creencias
afrocubanas.
In its 7th reprinting, this is considered the most complete book written on
Afro-Cuban religions, customs and beliefs.
010-0 AYAPÁ (CUENTOS DE JICOTEA) (cuentos negros) OP
Cuentos basados en creencias traídas por los esclavos africanos a Cuba.
Short stories based on beliefs brought to Cuba by African slaves.
433-5 SUPERSTICIONES Y BUENOS CONSEJOS $ 9.95
Grupo de creencias muy populares, originadas en la Santería.
(Listing of very popular beliefs originating from Santeria.)
7 FRANCISCO Y FRANCISCA (chascarrillos de negros viejos) OP
Chistes y simpáticas anécdotas que contaban los viejos negros cubanos.
(Jokes and funny anecdotes that were told by old Cuban Blacks.)
8 POR QUÉ (cuentos negros) $ 19.95
Segunda colección de cuentos folclóricos recogidos de la tradición oral de los
negros en Cuba.
(Second collection of folkloric stories written down by Lydia Cabrera, as were told to
her in the traditional oral fashion.)
9 ITINERARIOS DEL INSOMNIO (Trinidad de Cuba) $ 9.95
Evocación sobre una de las ciudades más antiguas de Cuba. (Evocation on the
oldest Cuban cities.)
195 SIETE CARTAS DE GABRIELA MISTRAL A LYDIA CABRERA $ 5.00
Correspondencia con la genial poetisa chilena, Premio Nobel.
(Seven letters written by the Chilean Nobel Prize poet Gabriela Mistral to Lydia
Cabrera.)
179 VOCABULARIO CONGO (EL BANTÚ QUE SE HABLA EN CUBA) $ 19.95
Explicación del vocabulario que usaban los negros congos, que tienen significado
especial en su religión
(Explanation of the language used by Congo Blacks in Cuba, which have special meanings
in the religion).
4611-2 ANAFORUANA (Ritual y simbolos de la iniciacion en la sociedad
secreta Abakuá. $ 69.00
Con dibujos rituales de la propia autora.
(Iniciation rituals and symbols used by the Abakuá religious sect. Illustrated by
Lydia Cabrera.)
ALGUNAS OBRAS SOBRE LYDIA CABRERA
(Studies on Lydia Cabreras life and works):
088-7 IDAPÓ (sincretismo en cuentos negros L.Cabrera), Hilda Perera $
10.00
191-3 HOMENAJE A LYDIA CABRERA, Reinaldo Sanchez y José A. Madrigal,
editores. $ 19.95
(A tribute to Lydia Cabrera in and the life she dedicated to studying and writing
about Afro-Cuban culture.)
389-4 LOS CUENTOS NEGROS DE LYDIA CABRERA, Mariela Gutiérrez $ 15.00
(A study of twenty-nine black short stories written by Lydia Cabrera.)
432-7 EN TORNO A LYDIA CABRERA, Edición
de Isabel Castellanos & Josefina Inclán $ 30.00
Colección de ensayos sobre Lydia Cabrera y temas afroamericanos.
(Collection of essays on Lydia Cabrera and Afro-American topics.)
444-0 MAGIA E HISTORIA EN LOS "CUENTOS
NEGROS", "POR QUÉ" Y "AYAPÁ" DE LYDIA
CABRERA, Sara Soto $15.00
(History and magic behind Lydia Cabreras short stories "Cuentos
Negros", "Por Qué" and "Ayapá)
535-8 EL COSMOS DE LYDIA CABRERA:
Dioses, animales y hombres, Mariela Gutiérrez $19.00
(The author invites readers unfamiliar with Lydia Cabreras work to penetrate
without reservations her cosmos of gods, spirits, animals, men, objects and supernatural
beings.)
Works on AfroCuban Culture
052-6 INICIACIÓN A LA POESÍA
AFRO-AMERICANA, Oscar Fernández de la Vega & Alberto N. Pamies $19.95
(A study on Afro-American poetry with selections by Emilio Ballagas, Ramón Guirao,
Gilberto Gonzalez Contreras, Armando Guerra Castañeda, Manuel Moreno Fragináls and
Fernando Ortiz.)
099-2 MÚSICA FOLKLÓRICA CUBANA, Rhyna Moldes O.P.
204-9 LOS SECRETOS DE LA SANTERÍA,
Agún Efundé $ 12.00
Sencilla y completa explicación sobre las creencias religiosas que los negros
esclavos adaptaron en Cuba y se mantienen en la actualidad. Dioses, rituales, magias,
sacrificios, formas de adivinación. Etc. Con ilustraciones.
(In laymans terms, this is a complete and simple explanation of the Santeria
religion and why it has so many followers.)
236-7 PATAKI Leyendas, misterios y
secretos de los Orischas africanos y la Santeria en Cuba), Julio García Cortez $ 19.95
(A book of stories telling the history, legends, and traditions of the Yorubas in
Africa and subsequently in America.)
237-5 LA POESÍA AFROANTILLANA, Leslie N. Wilson $ 19.00
(Study of Black poetry in the Caribbean and other Spanish-American areas.)
322-3 EL SANTO (LA OCHA) (secretos de la religión Lucumí), Julio
García Cortez $ OP
(Secrets of the Lucumí religion.)
341-X PLÁCIDO,
POETA SOCIAL Y POLÍTICO, Jorge Castellanos $ 12.00
Estudio sobre la vida y obra de uno de los principales poetas negros de Cuba.
(Study of the life and works of one of Cubas most famous Black poets and
controversial political figure.)
468-8 IBO (YORUBAS EN TIERRAS CUBANAS), Rosalía de la Soledad &
M.J. San Juan $ 19.95
Uno de los más completos estudios sobre las tradiciones Yorubas implantadas en Cuba.
(One of the most complete studies of the Yoruba culture and traditions that were
brought to Cuba by African slaves.)
528-5 LOS NIETOS DE FELICIDAD DOLORES
(novela), Cubena(Carlos Guillermo Wilson) $ 18.00
(Novel that narrates the identity conflicts, racial discrimination and injustices
suffered during the last 500 years by African slaves and their Caribbean and Latin
American descendants.)
582-X AFRO-HISPÁNIC LITERATURE: AN ANTHOLOGY OF HISPÁNIC WRITERS OF
AFRICAN ANCESTRY, Ingrid Watson Miller $ 19.00
(A sampling of the many outstanding literary works on Black life by Black (and
Mulatto)Hispanic writers. It is designated to be used in the intermediate Spanish language
classes as a text for discussions on Afro-Hispanic literature, culture and civilization.
Included authors: Nicolás Guillén - Aida Cartagena - Blas R. Jiménez - Carlos Guillermo
Wilson(Cubena) - Quince Duncan - Adalberto Ortiz - Nicomedes Santa Cruz - Manuel Zapata
Olivella - Leoncio Evita)
593-5 BLACK CUBENA'S THOUGHTS, Elba
Birmingham-Pokorny $ 6.95
(The present work of the black Panamanian poet Dr. Carlos Guillermo Wilson (Cubena)
reflect his commitment to speak against all forms of racism and re-establish a lost
identity.)
634-6 LA AFRICANÍA EN EL CUENTO CUBANO Y PUERTORRIQUEÑO, María
Carmen Zielina $ 25.00
(The influence of African culture on the Caribbean has been broadly
analyzed, but most studies have focused on poetry and novels. This work wishes to fill a
void left unstudied: The Black presence in Cuban and Puertorricans short stories. Some of
the authors studied are Gerardo del Valle; Lydia Cabrera; Jose Luis Gonzalez; Antonio
Benitez Rojo; Carmelo Rodriguez Torres; Ana Lydia Vega, etc.)
635-4 DENOUNCEMENT AND REAFFIRMATION OF THE AFRO-HISPÁNIC IDENTITY IN
CARLOS GUILLERMO WILSON'S WORKS, Elba Birmingham-Pokorny $ 19.95
(These essays cover all of Carlos Guillermo Wilsons (Cubena) works, whose
task as a writer has been to affirm his identity. His work clearly ties in to the
multi-racial, multi-cultural and multi-ethnic discussions taking place in the world
today.)
691-5 LO AFRONEGROIDE EN EL CUENTO PUERTORRIQUEÑO, Rafael Falcón $
12.00
(From as early as 1531 Blacks were an important ethnic presence in Puertorrican
culture. This book studies and shows the evolution of the Black theme in Puertorrican
short stories. Special attention is given to four authors:Jose Luis Gonzalez, Luis Rafael
Sanchez, Carmelo Rodriguez Torres and Ana Lydia Vega.)
758-X AN ENGLISH ANTHOLOGY OF AFRO-HISPANIC WRITERS OF THE TWENTIETH
CENTURY, Elba Birmingham-Pokorny $ 19.00
(This anthology is primarily intended to arouse the interest of students currently
involved in the study of the African presence in Latin America and to be used as
supplementary text in Spanish American Culture and Civilization courses as an attempt to
illustrate both the richness and diversity of the culture and literature of this area.
Included is a chronology of Afro-Hispanic poetry and fiction by Jorge J.
Rodríguez-Florido and sellected works & studies by Carlos Guillermo Wilson, Gerardo
Maloney, Eulalia Bernard, Quince Duncan, Blas Jiménez, Nancy Morejón, Nicolás Guillén,
Manuel Zapata-Olivella, Nelson Estupiñán-Bass, Luz Argentina Chiriboga, Adalberto Ortiz,
Nicomedes Santa Cruz, Agapito Carrizo, Cristina Rodríguez-Cabral, Miguel James)
736-9 ACERCAMIENTO A LA LITERATURA AFROCUBANA, Armando González-Pérez
$ 19.00
Incluye estudios sobre cantos, música, poesía afrocubana de Cuba y el exilio cubano,
mitología, Nicolás Guillén, visión de la esclavitud en Juan Francisco Manzano y Miguel
Barnet, glosario de términos afrocubanos, bio-bibliografía de autores afroamericanos y
bibliografía general.
Includes studies on songs, music, Afro-Cuban poetry both in Cuba and in exile,
mythology, studies on Nicolás Guillen, a vision of slavery in Juan Francisco Manzano and
Miguel Barnet, glossary of Afro-Cuban terminology, bio-bibliography of Afro-American
authors, and a bibliography.
788-1 CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES IN ENRIQUE JARAMILLO-LEVIS WORK (A COLLECTION OF
CRITICAL ESSAYS), Edited and with an Introduction by Elba D. Birmingham Pokorny $ 16.00
(Produced over the past three decades, the narrative texts of Enrique Jaramillo-Levi
have in recent years, received considerable critical attention. The present collection of
essays submits this writers work to close examination from the standpoint of
womens and cultural studies, providing a fresh non-traditional critical look at his
works.)
785-7 CUENTA EL CARACOL, Elena Iglesias (relatos y
patakíes) $ 16.00
(The folklore of the Yoruba people comes to life in the pages of this book. In it are
stories of romance, betrayals, greed, adventure, and spiritual teachings.)
827-6 COMMON THREADS: THEMES IN AFRO-HISPANIC WOMENS LITERATURE, Clementina R. Adams NYP
OTROS LIBROS DE TEMAS AFROAMERICANOS:
104 LA RELÍGIÓN AFROCUBANA, Mercedes Sandoval $ 19.95
(A complete explanation of Afro-Cuban religions.)
007-0 POESÍA NEGRA DEL CARIBE Y OTRAS ÁREAS, Hortensia Ruiz del Vizo
$ 12.00
(Anthology of Black poetry from the Caribbean and other areas.)
008-9 BLACK POETRY OF THE AMERICAS (Anthology), Hortensia Ruiz del Vizo
$ 12.00
(English and Spanish anthology of Black Poetry of the Americas.)
106-9 LA OBRA POÉTICA DE EMILIO BALLAGAS,
Rogelio de la Torre $ 15.00
(Study on the life and works of Emilio Ballagas, well known for his Afro-Cuban
poetry.)
153-0 LA POESÍA NEGRA DE JOSÉ SÁNCHEZ-BOUDY, René León $ 9.00
(A study of the Black poetry of Jose Sánchez-Boudy, best known for his
many works on Cuban folklore and language.)
243-X LOS ESCLAVOS Y LA VIRGEN DEL COBRE, Leví Marrero $ 5.00
(A brief history of Blacks in Cuba, a community forced into servitude for two
centuries, written by the foremost authority on Cuban history.)
Fernando Ortiz (Havana, 1881-1969) published 30 books on Cuban anthropology, history, sociology and folklore. His thorough understanding of Cuban society and all its subtleties have produced priceless studies for musicologists as well as ethnographers. He was honored with doctorates "honoris causa" by Columbia University, the University of Cuzco, Universidad de Las Villas and others. Today his works are being reprinted by Editorial Música Mundana in Spain, with the collaboration of his daughter María Fernanda Ortiz. Among the ones already released are:
LOS INSTRUMENTOS DE LA MÚSICA AFROCUBANA (1952)CONTRAPUNTEO CUBANO DEL TABACO Y EL AZÚCAR (1940)
Estudio esencial para entender la economía y la sociedad cubanas y sus industrias
principales.
Essencial reading for understanding Cuban society and its economy as well as its main
industries.
980-276-046-3 1978 E. 465 p. Ayacucho $ 30.00
EL HURACÁN, SU MITOLOGÍA Y SUS SÍMBOLOS (1947)
Los símbolos, mitos e historias que los huracanes crearon en la imaginación popular.
The history, myths and symbols that hurricanes created in popular Cuban thinking.
968-16-1596-4 1947 E. 686 p. FCE $ 25.00
HISTORIA DE UNA PELEA CUBANA CONTRA LOS DEMONIOS (1959)
OTROS LIBROS EN PREPARACIÓN / TO BE PUBLISHED SOON:
LOS NEGROS ESCLAVOS
LOS NEGROS CURROS
GLOSARIO DE AFRONEGRISMOS
MARTÍ Y LAS RAZAS
LAS CUATRO CULTURAS INDIAS DE CUBA
EL ENGAÑO DE LAS RAZAS
ENTRE CUBANOS
UN CATAURO DE CUBANISMOS
Tel. (305) 642-3234
e-mail: ediciones@kampung.net
Fax. (305) 642-7978
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