#  Tobacco and Sugar (not currently offered) 

 





Explores esthetic and historical experiments in farming throughout the Spanish Carribbean, using “The Cuban Counterpoint Between Tobacco and Sugar” (1940) by Fernando Ortiz as a guide. As we will see, different crops produced varied political and cultural responses. Along with a general view on musical forms and plastic arts, as well as political developments, we will concentrate on literary works such as *Cecilia Valdés* and other abolitionist novels, the Dominican *Over* and *La charca* from Puerto Rico, as well as writing by Hostos and Bonó among many others.