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Identity, memory, and diaspora : voices of Cuban-American artists, writers, and philosophers / edited by Jorge J.E. Gracia, Lynette M.F. Bosch and Isabel Alvarez Borland.
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cuban American art.
- American literature--Cuban American authors.
- American literature.
- Cuban American philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 284 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2008]
- Summary:
- This fascinating volume contains interviews with nineteen prominent Cuban-American artists, writers, and philosophers who tell their stories and share what they consider important for understanding their work. Struggling with issues of Cuban-American identity in particular and social identity in general, they explore such questions as how they see themselves, how they have dealt with the diaspora and their memories, what they have done to find a proper place in their adopted country, and how their work has been influenced by the experience. Their answers reveal different perspectives on art, literature, and philosophy, and the different challenges encountered personally and professionally. The interviews are gathered into three groups: nine artists, six writers, and four philosophers. An introductory essay for each group is included, and the interviews are accompanied by brief biographical notes, along with samples of the work of those interviewed.
- Contents:
- The Cuban Diaspora: A Brief Chronology xi
- Part I The Artists / Lynette M. F. Bosch 1
- Identities / Baruj Salinas 7
- A Sense of Place / Humberto Calzada 20
- Art on Art / Emilio Falero 30
- The Juggler / Maria Brito 42
- If Quebec Were in the Tropics / Mario Bencomo 54
- The Human Condition / Arturo Rodriguez 61
- For the Children / Demi 72
- A Search for Unity / Juan Carlos Llera 82
- Landscapes of the Mind / Alberto Rey 91
- The Artists' Work 103
- / Baruj Salinas
- Flow Up 104
- Fuji-San 105
- / Humberto Calzada
- Island in Crisis 106
- / Emilio Falero
- Across 107
- / Maria Brito
- Self-portrait as a Swan 108
- / Mario Bencomo
- If Quebec Were in the Tropics II 109
- / Arturo Rodriguez
- Untitled 110
- / Demi
- An Artist's First Painting 111
- / Juan Carlos Llera
- Fear of Flight 112
- / Alberto Rey
- Brown Trout-Hosmer Creek 113
- Part II The Writers Isabel Alvarez Borland 115
- Thinking in Images / Carlos Eire 121
- What Sounds Good Also Rings True / Gustavo Perez Firmat 134
- A Baratan Experience / Pablo Medina 145
- Writing Without Masks / Virgil Suarez 154
- Escaping the Humors / Roberto Fernandez 164
- Crossing the Crest of Forgetting / Ana Menendez 173
- The Writers' Work 181
- / Carlos Eire
- Treinta y Cinco 182
- / Gustavo Perez Firmat
- Fire in May 185
- Tristeza de mama 186
- / Pablo Medina
- Driving Home 188
- Rites of Spring 189
- Russian Doll 190
- Mirage 191
- The Poet as an Old Man 192
- / Virgil Suarez
- The Seed Collector 193
- The Trouble with Frogs 195
- / Roberto Fernandez
- Nellie 197
- / Ana Menendez
- Travelling Fools 199
- Part III The Philosophers / Jorge J. E. Gracia 205
- Cuban, Hispanic, and Latina? / Ofelia Schutte 212
- The Search for Identity Outside Miami / Jorge J. E. Gracia 222
- Cuban American or Latin American? / Oscar Marti 234
- Universalism or Particularism? / Ernesto Sosa 245
- The Philosopher's Work 251
- / Ofelia Schutte
- Identities in Tension 252
- / Jorge J. E. Gracia
- Ethnic Identity 254
- / Oscar Marti
- Breaking with the Past 256
- / Ernesto Sosa
- Philosophy, the History of Philosophy, and Science 258.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-265) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780791473177
- 0791473171
- OCLC:
- 122701488
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