dc.description.abstract | This thesis examines three strands: the 1994 Cuban movie Fresa y Chocolate (“Strawberry and Chocolate”), directed by Tomas Gutierrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabo, based on Senal Paz’ screenplay El lobo, el bosque y el hombre nuevo (“The wolf, the forest and the new man”). The second strand explores the sensory experience of the Afro-Cuban religion Santería and its presence in the movie; and finally, the third strand approaches the position of the queer in Cuban diaspora, which connects to the first two strands. | |
dc.subject.keywords | Santería, Ocha, Ifa, Orishas, Cuba, Cuban, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Caribbean, Yoruba, gay, queer, homosexual, diaspora, movie, art, entertainment, culture, masculinities, nationalism, nostalghia, religion, iconography, sensory experience | |