The reconceptualization of the notion of transculturation in La música en Cuba by Alejo Carpentier
Abstract
The disinterest in Carpentier's musical essays demonstrated by critics has resulted in a systematic neglect of his musicology and the evaluation of its effect on his novels. The purpose of this article is, firstly, to identify the Carpenterian musical essay from the wider body of the author’s essays and secondly, to define the poetic functions that it carried out. Thirdly, the theory underpinning La música en Cuba will be summarised to demonstrate how the Ortizian notion of transculturation is recategorized in said text. Finally, evidence will be provided to illustrate the recoding of the text in the author’s oeuvre.
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