Cuban Counterpoints: The Legacy of Fernando Ortiz

333 Pages·2004·15.437 MB·English

by  Mauricio A. Font (editor), Alfonso W. Quiroz (editor)

Cuban Counterpoints
Series Editor: Mauricio A. Font
The Graduate Center and Queens College
The City University of New York
This series represents a joint publication initiative of the Bildner Center for
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EDITORIAL BOARD
E. Desmond Arias, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Margaret E. Crahan, Hunter College and The Graduate Center
Cristina Equizabal, Ford Foundation
Ted Henken, Baruch College
Alfonso Quiroz, Baruch College and The Graduate Center
Mark Ungar, Brooklyn College
TITLES IN SERIES
Reforming Brazil, edited by Mauricio A. Font with the assistance of Anthony
Peter Spanakos and Cristina Bordin
Cuban Counterpoints: Tbe Legacy of Fernando Ortiz, edited by Mauricio A.
Font and Alfonso Quiroz
Cuban Counterpoints
The Legacy of Fernando Ortiz
Edited by
Mauricio A. Font
and Alfonso W. Quiroz
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Cuban counterpoints : the legacy of Fernando Ortiz / edited by
Mauricio A. Font and Alfonso W. Quiroz.
p. cm. - (Western hemisphere studies)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 978-0-7391-0968-7
1. Ortiz, Fernando. 1881-1969-Congresses. 2. Social sciences-Cuba-
Congresses. 3. Music and literature-Congresses. 4. Hybridity (Social
sciences)-Cuba-Congresses. 5. Acculturation-Congresses. 6. Cuba-
Civilization-20th century-Congresses. 7. Latin America-Civilization-
20th century-Congresses. 8. Cuba-Historiography-Congresses. 9. Blacks-
Cultural assimilation-Cuba-Congresses. I. Font, hlauricio A. (Mauricio Augusto)
11. Quiroz, Alfonso W. 111. Series.
F1787.079C83 2004
972.9106'092-dc22 2004018662
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American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper
for Printed Library Materials. ANSIVXISO 239.48-1992.
Contents
Introduction: The Intellectual Legacy of Fernando Ortiz
Mauricio A. Font, Alfonso W Quiroz, and
Pamela Maria Smorkaloff
Part I: Life and Education
1 Fernando Ortiz, My Father
Mat-La Fernanda Ortiz Herrem
2 Spanish Intellectuals and Fernando Ortiz (1900-1941)
Consuelo Naranjo Orouio and
Miguel Angel Puig-Satnper Mulero
3 It All Started in Madrid
Octavio di Leo
4 Ethnography at the University of Havana
Maria del Rosario Diaz
Part 11: Interpreting Cuban History
5 Transculturation and Nationalism
Rafael Rojas
6 The Early Republic: Politics, Civic Culture, and Sovereignty
Marifeli Pkrez-Stable
7 The Political Ideas of Fernando Ortiz (19061933)
Carmen Alnzoddvar
8 Economic Historian and Editor of Cuban Classics
.]osB Matos Arkvalos
9 Tobacco in the Contrapz~nteoO: rtiz and the Havana Cigar
jean Stz~bbs
Part 111: Social Sciences and Law
10 Economic Sociology and Ortiz's Counterpoi?zt
Enrique S. Pumar
11 Transcultural Anthropology in the Americas (with an Accent):
The Uses of Fernando Ortiz
Fernando Coronil
12 Poetry in the Presidio: Toward a Study of Proyecto de Cddigo
Criminal Cz~bano
Alejandra Bronfman
Part TV: Racial Diversity, Religion, and National Identity
13 The Term Afro-Cuban: A Forgotten Contribution
Tomas Fernandez Robaina
14 Transculturation a la Aiiaco: A Recipe for Modernity
Patricia Catoira
15 Religion in the Work of Fernando Ortiz
Jorge Ramirez Calzadilla
Part V: Literature and Music
16 The Counterpoint and Literature
Roberto Gonzalez Eche~~arria
17 Of How Fernando Ortiz Found an Elusive Maiden for
an Enchanted Gentleman
Ricardo ViGalet
18 Comparative Analysis of Theoretical Symbols
Antonio Ferndndez Ferrer
19 Stirring the Ajiaco: Changiii, Son, and the
Haitian Connection
Benjamin L. Lapidus
20 Fernando Ortiz, Founder
Mama Teresa Linares Savio
Bibliography
Index
Contributors

This volume is the result of a truly collective effort. The collaboration of Jane
Gregory Rubin, Maria Fernanda Ortiz, Miguel Barnet, Margaret E. Crahan, Jerry
Carlson, Jose Matos, and Octavio di Leo was crucial to the realization of the
symposium on which it is based. Alfonso W. Quiroz was responsible for the
volume's overall editing and organization. He selected texts for publication, re-
vised and edited translations, and a-as a commentator and member of the or-
ganizing committee of the symposium. Pamela Smorkaloff collaborated in the
organization of the symposium and contributed to this volume's introduction.
Gary Aguayo coordinated the activities of the symposium and performed word
processing and editorial tasks. Finally, Sandra Black and Scott Larson provided
essential editorial assistance with much appreciated diligence and efficiency.
The March 2000 Ostiz symposium included a rich program of Cuban clas-
sical and popular music, an exhibition of paintings by Ram611 Menocal on
the subject of transculturation, a thematic selection of Cuban films and
videos coordinated by Jerry Carlson, and an exhibit of rare Ortiz photo-
graphs and memorabilia thoughtfully provided by Maria Fernanda Ortiz. We
thank Maria Fernanda Ortiz for her support of these endeavors and for shar-
ing valuable personal insights on her father's work and life.
The Ortiz symposium, and this text. m-ould not have been possible with-
out the generous funding of the Ford Foundation and the thoughtful efforts
of Cristina EguizBbal. The Graduate Center and Queens College of The City
University of New York, the Christopher Reynolds Foundation, the Reed
Foundation. InterAmericas, Fundacibn Fernando Ostiz, and the Instituto de
Literatura y Lingiiistica-Sociedad Econornica de Amigos del Pais supported
the project in various ways. The Reed Foundation also provided a grant for
the translation of chapters in this volume originally written in Spanish.