Cuba, the elusive nation : interpretations of national identity / edited by Damián J. Fernández and Madeline Cámara Betancourt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fernández, Damián J.

Cámara, Madeline, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, Cuban.

Cuba--Civilization.

Cuba.

Civilization.

National characteristics in literature.

Physical Description:

317 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2000]

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0813018005

OCLC:

43561651