Cuban Fiestas

by Roberto González Echevarría

Book Overview

A luminous history of Cuba's most dynamic and defining rituals and the ever-improvisational character of Cuban culture

In the Cuban town of Sagua la Grande, a young Roberto Gonz lez Echevarr a peers out the window of his family home on the morning of the Nochebuena fiesta as preparations begin for the slaughter of a feast day pig. The author recalls "watching them at a distance, though thinking, fearing, that once I grew older I...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300177887
• ISBN13: 9780300177886
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.9"