Entre el caribe y la cubanidad : hacia una crítica cultural interregional / Javier Sampedro.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Sampedro, Javier, author.

Contributor:

De la Campa, Román, degree supervisor.

Martínez-San Miguel, Yolanda, degree committee member.

Moreno Caballud, Luis, degree committee member.

University of Pennsylvania. Department of Romance Languages, degree granting institution.

Language:

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Penn dissertations--Romance languages.

Romance languages--Penn dissertations.

Local Subjects:

Penn dissertations--Romance languages.

Romance languages--Penn dissertations.

Physical Description:

v, 222 leaves : illustrations ; 29 cm

Production:

[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] : University of Pennsylvania, 2016.

Summary:

This dissertation proposes a comparative approach to Caribbean cultures as a self-defined constellation of diverse artistic and philosophical traditions in dialogue with one another. Through a specific critique of the Cuban discourse around national identity or cubanidad, through the works of local intellectuals and artists--Fernando Ortiz, Alejo Carpentier, Nicolás Guillén, Virgilio Piñera and Tomás G. Alea--this thesis argues that the image of the Caribbean that emerges from these voices, far from being a thematic motif or merely a historical and geographical landscape, is a projection of nationhood which challenges the imaginary boundaries of the island. This revised understanding of cubanidad shares core aspects with the idea of Caribbeanness as a position of enunciation, as illustrated in the works of major Caribbean intellectuals and writers outside the Hispanic milieu. By focusing on the intricate relationship between Cuba and the non-Hispanic insular Caribbean, the main objective of this investigation is to bring a comparative, transregional perspective to the study and criticism of the archipielago as a cultural and philosophical continuum, without rejecting the properly individual value of the national projects and nationalistic expressions.

Notes:

Ph. D. University of Pennsylvania 2016.

Department: Romance Languages.

Supervisor: Román de la Campa.

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

961021891