La Rumba Ritmo de Resistencia Cultural

The following study is aimed at exposing the importance of the Rumba Complex, which emerged in Cuba in the 19th century, not only for Cuban culture but also as a rhythm of resistance of the popular sectors of the country mainly of the descendants of Africans, who through the rumba they assumed posit...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vicente Robinson Echevarría
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2020-07-01
Series:Comparative Cultural Studies
Subjects:
Online Access:https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/ccselap/article/view/11847
_version_ 1798027746595569664
author Vicente Robinson Echevarría
author_facet Vicente Robinson Echevarría
author_sort Vicente Robinson Echevarría
collection DOAJ
description The following study is aimed at exposing the importance of the Rumba Complex, which emerged in Cuba in the 19th century, not only for Cuban culture but also as a rhythm of resistance of the popular sectors of the country mainly of the descendants of Africans, who through the rumba they assumed positions of defense of their identity, their sense of belonging as popular and more oppressed sectors, their Cuban, the characteristics of this complex of Cuban music formed by several genres, its origin, the way of dancing are treated, the instruments that are used emphasizing the guaguancó as a genre best known throughout the country and more practiced, the most recognized artistic figures that contributed to the promotion of rumba at national and international level and the different spaces such as the Cinema, television, theater. The paper refers to the relationship between the port-city and the migration of Hispanics and Africans brought as slaves to the Island and that in a cultural exchange their descendants created one of the most prominent rhythms in the Cuban musical stave , but that contributed to the identity of the Cuban people and to develop links between the practicing sectors belonging to the dispossessed classes, the profane nature of the rhythm is also related. For the study we used a bibliography of different authors featured in the studies of the Musical Complex of the Rumba different.
first_indexed 2024-04-11T18:56:31Z
format Article
id doaj.art-984f240ac09546c69f9948f4655c8d40
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 2531-9884
language English
last_indexed 2024-04-11T18:56:31Z
publishDate 2020-07-01
publisher Firenze University Press
record_format Article
series Comparative Cultural Studies
spelling doaj.art-984f240ac09546c69f9948f4655c8d402022-12-22T04:08:10ZengFirenze University PressComparative Cultural Studies2531-98842020-07-015910.13128/ccselap-11847La Rumba Ritmo de Resistencia CulturalVicente Robinson Echevarría0Universidad Agraria de La HabanaThe following study is aimed at exposing the importance of the Rumba Complex, which emerged in Cuba in the 19th century, not only for Cuban culture but also as a rhythm of resistance of the popular sectors of the country mainly of the descendants of Africans, who through the rumba they assumed positions of defense of their identity, their sense of belonging as popular and more oppressed sectors, their Cuban, the characteristics of this complex of Cuban music formed by several genres, its origin, the way of dancing are treated, the instruments that are used emphasizing the guaguancó as a genre best known throughout the country and more practiced, the most recognized artistic figures that contributed to the promotion of rumba at national and international level and the different spaces such as the Cinema, television, theater. The paper refers to the relationship between the port-city and the migration of Hispanics and Africans brought as slaves to the Island and that in a cultural exchange their descendants created one of the most prominent rhythms in the Cuban musical stave , but that contributed to the identity of the Cuban people and to develop links between the practicing sectors belonging to the dispossessed classes, the profane nature of the rhythm is also related. For the study we used a bibliography of different authors featured in the studies of the Musical Complex of the Rumba different.https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/ccselap/article/view/11847Rumba complexGuaguancóYambú and Columbia
spellingShingle Vicente Robinson Echevarría
La Rumba Ritmo de Resistencia Cultural
Comparative Cultural Studies
Rumba complex
Guaguancó
Yambú and Columbia
title La Rumba Ritmo de Resistencia Cultural
title_full La Rumba Ritmo de Resistencia Cultural
title_fullStr La Rumba Ritmo de Resistencia Cultural
title_full_unstemmed La Rumba Ritmo de Resistencia Cultural
title_short La Rumba Ritmo de Resistencia Cultural
title_sort la rumba ritmo de resistencia cultural
topic Rumba complex
Guaguancó
Yambú and Columbia
url https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/ccselap/article/view/11847
work_keys_str_mv AT vicenterobinsonechevarria larumbaritmoderesistenciacultural