Choteo
The term choteo was first used by Jorge Mañach in 1928 in a lecture in Havana published under the title Indagación del Choteo . With choteo, Mañach describes the Cuban tendency to “take nothing seriously” and “drag everything through the cocoa”, which, beyond this folkloric-popular orientation, also functions as an instrument of resistance against false social hierarchies and schematic power structures.
“Choteo” in real existing socialism
Even today, this long-established cultural technique offers many Cubans an inconspicuous and harmless means of expression for rebellion against the authority of the state. In addition, choteo has an outlet function for everyday problems and has literally become a socio-cultural (survival) strategy since the beginning of the economic crisis (“ special period in peacetime ”).
literature
- Cornelius Griep: The Effect of Official Discourse on Everyday Language in Cuba . Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-631-58903-8 (numerous figures, tables and graphics, 1 CD with Rincón documentary )
- Jorge Mañach: La crisis de la alta cultura en Cuba: indagación del choteo . Editorial Universal, Miami 1991, ISBN 0-89729-606-0 .
Web links
- Der Tagesspiegel : Satire against tyranny August 1, 2011
- TU Berlin internal: love-hate relationship to the revolution and two languages number 7 (July 2011)
- Enrique del Risco: En defensa (tardía) del choteo cubano , in: El Nuevo Herald of May 17, 2009 (Spanish)