History and Cultural Identity

The present study, from an interdisciplinary approach that imbricates social and cultural history, offers a characterization of society and culture in the batey of the Chaparra sugar mill between 1898 and 1933, from local periodicals. In this sugar enclave in the northeastern region of Cuba, an intense and varied set of activities related to art and culture was generated, despite the socioclastic and elite character that influenced them. At the same time, the North American cultural imprint conferred an atmosphere of sociocultural renovation, expressed fundamentally in the educational component, associations, sports movement, the projection of cultural spaces and the celebration of festivities. Thus, the result of the research reveals that the batey of Central Chaparra became a true cultural microcosm.