Cuba The Elusive Nation

Author : Damián J. Fernández
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813018003
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cuba, the Elusive Nation written by Damián J. Fernández and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "New readings by major exile scholars on the unsettling but weighty question of defining who the Cubans are, what constitutes their national identity, and how they might define themselves as Cubans with respect to their distant island culture. The perspectives presented cover the fields of history, political science, sociology, art, music, literature, anthropology, religion, and gender studies."--Ivan A. Schulman, University of Illinois This anthology brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines who look at one main question: What constitutes Cuban identity? Encouraged to go beyond received ideas and time-worn methodologies, they offer revisionist perspectives that argue for a "Cubanness" marked more by tension and diversity than by harmony and similarity, more impure than pure, more elastic than static. By examining issues often misrepresented or simply ignored in the past, sources and voices contribute to a fluidity that resonates with the collection's title. Contents Interpretations of National Identity, by Damián J. Fernández and Madeline Cámara Betancourt I. The Nation as Historical Narration 1. Reconstructing Cubanness: Changing Discourses of National Identity on the Island and in the Diaspora during the Twentieth Century, by Jorge Duany 2. Rethinking Tradition and Identity: The Virgin of Charity of El Cobre, by María Elena Díaz 3. Rethinking Race and Nation in Cuba, by Ada Ferrer II. The Nation as Incomplete Desire 4. Cuba and Lo Cubano, or the Story of Desire and Disenchantment, by Damián J. Fernández 5. Between Myth and Stereotype: The Image of the Mulatta in Cuban Culture in the Nineteenth Century, a Truncated Symbol of Nationality, by Madeline Cámara Betancourt 6. Boleros, Divas, and Identity Models, by José Quiroga 7. Post-Utopia: The Erotics of Power and Cuba's Revolutionary Children, by Ruth Behar 8. Cuban CondemNation of Queer Bodies, by Emilio Bejel III. The Nation as Metaphor 9. The Nation without a Story, by Antonio Vera-León 10. Bondage in Paradise: Fredrika Bremer's Travels to Cuba and the Inscape of National Identity, by Adriana Méndez Rodenas 11. The Sea, the Sea, Once and Again: Lo Cubano and the Literature of the Novismas, by Nara Araújo 12. Gallery of Cuban Writing, by Rafael Rojas IV. The National as the Transnational 13. The Musicalia of Twentieth-Century Cuban Popular Musicians, by Raúl Fernández 14. Lo Blanco-Criollo as Lo Cubano: The Symbolization of a Cuban National Identity in Modernist Painting of the 1940s, by Juan A. Martínez 15. The Trouble with Collusion: Paradoxes of the Cuban-American Way, by Max J. Castro Damián J. Fernández is associate professor and chair of the International Relations Department at Florida International University. He is the editor of Cuban Studies since the Revolution (UPF, 1992) and the author of Cuba and the Politics of Passion. Madeline Cámara Betancourt is assistant professor in the Division of Humanities at San Diego State University, Imperial Valley. She is the author of Vocación de Casandra: La poesía de María Elena Cruz Varela.

Author : Mette Louise Berg
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 0857452460
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diasporic Generations written by Mette Louise Berg and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interpretations of the background to the Cuban diaspora – a political revolution and the subsequent radical transformation of the society and economy towards socialism – are politicised and highly contested. The Miami-based Cuban diaspora has had extraordinary success in putting its case high on the US political agenda and in capturing world media attention, but in the process the multiplicity of experiences within the diaspora has been overshadowed. This book gives voice to diasporic Cubans living in Spain, the former colonial ruler of Cuba. By focusing on their lived experiences of displacement, the book brings to light imaginative, narrative re-creations of the nation from afar. Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, the book argues that the Cuban diaspora in Spain consists of three diasporic generations, generated through distinct migratory experiences. This constitutes an important step forward in understanding the dynamics of memory-making and social differentiation within diasporas, and in appreciating why people within the same diaspora engage in different modes of transnational practices and homeland relations.

Author : Roman De La Campa
Publisher : Verso
ISBN 13 : 9781859843611
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cuba on My Mind written by Roman De La Campa and published by Verso. This book was released on 2002-08-08 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this moving and personal account of the forty-three-year-old divide between Cuba and its exile population in the United States, Roman de la Campa questions both sides of a family feud that is acutely reflective of its own experience. Taking the three migration waves of Cubans to the United States as a historical background to his own story, the author details the continuing rift between Havana and Miami and the shaping, in the light of globalization and post-socialism, of a Cuban national split which has obvious consequences for both countries.

Author : Pedro Roig
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781495289606
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death of a Dream written by Pedro Roig and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-01-22 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Death of a Dream" is a remarkable scholarship book in which Roig searched and described with lucidity, the historical events and collective behavior of the Cubans. The book twenty one chapters are explicitly historical, strongly analytical, concisely written and closely argued; the result is a brilliant narrative that spanned over five centuries of Cuba's history. This encyclopedic telling is a fast moving and fascinating and much needed, relatively unbiased account of Cuba's promise as a sovereign nation. Mary DeLorse Coleman, PhD Executive Director, Afro Cuban Research Institute, Jackson State University This panoramic study of Cuban history from Columbus to the Castro revolution is beautifully told. Pedro Roig unmasks many of the myths of the Castro brothers' dictatorship while placing them in the much larger and more appealing context. This is a balanced, objective, and eminently readable account. Brian Latel is Senior Research Associate, Institute for Cuban and Cuban American Studies, University of Miami and author of After Fidel: Raul Castro and the Future of Cuba's Revolution. Roig 's "Death of a Dream" is a brilliant history of Cuba written with grace and precision. A vigorous narrative with a deep insight into the mores, values and psychology of the Cuban nation. The essential political facts are all there. An exceptionally good book. Carlos Alberto Montaner Author, Joumalist and Historian Roig takes us on a captivating journey through Cuba's history from the days of King Ferdinand and Isabella to the Castro regime. At a time when the end seems to be approaching for Cuba's oppressive government, this book explains much of the hardships of the Cuban people. Newt Gingrich Historian and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representative. (1995-1999) "Death of a Dream" is an extraordinary book that provides much insight into the values, psychology and behavior of the Cuban people. For those interested in understanding what happened in Cuba, Pedro Roig's book is a must. Jaime Suchlicki Emilio Bacardi Moreau Professor of History, University of Miami

Author : Andrea O'Reilly Herrera
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 079147965X
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cuba written by Andrea O'Reilly Herrera and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Cuba, internationally renowned artists, philosophers, and writers reflect on the idea of a nation displaced. Featuring contributions from Isabel Alvarez Borland, Antonio Benítez-Rojo, María Cristina García, William Navarrete, Eliana Rivero, Rafael Rojas, and Carlos Victoria, as well as many others, Cuba is a rich collection of essays, testimonials, and interviews that reveal the complex, often antagonistic cultural and political debates coexisting within the Cuban exile population. As a multivoiced text, Cuba formulates a deeper understanding of diasporic identity, and broadens the discussion of the manner in which Cuban cultural identity and nationhood have been constructed, negotiated, and transformed by physical and cultural displacement.

Author : Aline Helg
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 146961586X
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our Rightful Share written by Aline Helg and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2018-08-25 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Our Rightful Share, Aline Helg examines the issue of race in Cuban society, politics, and ideology during the island's transition from a Spanish colony to an independent state. She challenges Cuba's well-established myth of racial equality and shows that racism is deeply rooted in Cuban creole society. Helg argues that despite Cuba's abolition of slavery in 1886 and its winning of independence in 1902, Afro-Cubans remained marginalized in all aspects of society. After the wars for independence, in which they fought en masse, Afro-Cubans demanded change politically by forming the first national black party in the Western Hemisphere. This challenge met with strong opposition from the white Cuban elite, culminating in the massacre of thousands of Afro-Cubans in 1912. The event effectively ended Afro-Cubans' political organization along racial lines, and Helg stresses that although some cultural elements of African origin were integrated into official Cuban culture, true racial equality has remained elusive.

Author : Monica McGoldrick
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 1606237942
Total Pages : 796 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnicity and Family Therapy, Third Edition written by Monica McGoldrick and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2005-08-18 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This widely used clinical reference and text provides a wealth of knowledge on culturally sensitive practice with families and individuals from over 40 different ethnic groups. Each chapter demonstrates how ethnocultural factors may influence the assumptions of both clients and therapists, the issues people bring to the clinical context, and their resources for coping and problem solving.

Author : Ada Ferrer
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 080782500X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Insurgent Cuba written by Ada Ferrer and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late nineteenth century, in an age of ascendant racism and imperial expansion, there emerged in Cuba a movement that unified black, mulatto, and white men in an attack on Europe's oldest empire, with the goal of creating a nation explicitly defined

Author : Ruth Behar
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 168340288X
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handmade in Cuba written by Ruth Behar and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handmade in Cuba is an in-depth examination of Ediciones Vigía, an artisanal press that published exquisite books crafted from simple supplies during some of Cuba’s most dire economic periods. Vividly illustrated, this volume shows how the publishing collective responded to the nation’s changing historical and political situation from the margins of society, representing Cuban culture across the boundaries of race, age, gender, and genre. In this volume, poets and scholars reflect on the unique artistic direction of Rolando Estévez, who oversaw the creation of over 500 handmade books and magazines between 1985 and 2014. They highlight the beautiful designs and unusual materials selected, including fabric, metals, wood, feathers, and discarded items. Through diverse perspectives, including an interview with Estévez himself, the essays showcase the unlimited inventive possibilities of books as objects, as sculptural pieces, and as installations. Even in the age of technology, Estévez generated enormous excitement and admiration for these hand-crafted books, and this volume offers the first inside view of this important alternative publishing space. Contributors: Ruth Behar | Juanamaría Cordones-Cook | Gwendolyn Díaz | Erin Finzer | William Luis | Nancy Morejón | Kim Nochi | Carina Pino Santos | Kristin Schwain | Elzbieta Sklodowska

Author : Marilu Menendaz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780788155963
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cuba written by Marilu Menendaz and published by . This book was released on 1998-09 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is day-to-day Cuba on visual terms, conveyed through landscapes, urban scenes, portraits, still lifes, & interior view. The images reveal the undaunted spirit of the Cuban people, the former grandeur & lingering beauty of the country, the integrity of its culture, & the timeless quality of life in Cuba. The 103 full-color photos are complemented by excerpts of text from a wide variety of contemporary & historical sources. All are in English & many are also in the original Spanish. Included are passages & poems from important Cuban writers, plus quotes from journalists, travel accounts, historical documents, & personal memoirs.