Literary Culture in Cuba - Revolution, Nation-Building and the Book

Informationen zum Autor Par Kumaraswami is Associate Professor in Latin American Cultural Studies at the University of Reading Antoni Kapcia is Professor of Latin American History at the University of Nottingham Klappentext Available in paperback for the first time, this book brings an original and innovative approach to a much-misunderstood aspect of the Cuban Revolution: the place of literature and the creation of a literary culture. Zusammenfassung Available in paperback for the first time! this book brings an original and innovative approach to a much-misunderstood aspect of the Cuban Revolution: the place of literature and the creation of a literary culture. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Locating literary culture in the trajectory of the Revolution2. Understanding literary culture in the Revolution3. 1959-61: the first flush of revolution 4. 1961-89: the years of radicalisation and consolidation 5. 1990s-2000s: the years of crisis and reassessment 6. The path to becoming a writer in contemporary Cuba: the role of the Centro de Formación Literaria Onelio Jorge Cardoso and the movement of talleres literarios by Meesha Nehr7. The history of a novel: Alberto Ajón León's ¿Qué bolá? (What's Up?)8. The Feria Internacional del Libro de La HabanaConclusion

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• Authors: Anotni Kapcia, Antoni Kapcia, Par Kumaraswami, Par Kapcia Kumaraswami, Parvathi Kumaraswami
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.01.2016
• EAN: 9780719099953
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9995-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 215 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous