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Cuban currency : the dollar and special period fiction / Esther Whitfield.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whitfield, Esther Katheryn.
- Series:
- Cultural studies of the Americas ; v. 21.
- Cultural studies of the Americas ; v. 21
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cuban literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- Cuban literature.
- Authorship--Economic aspects--Cuba--History--20th century.
- Authorship.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (227 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Cuban Currency is the first book to address the effects on Cuban literature of the countryÕs spectacular opening to foreign markets that marked the end of the twentieth century. Exploring the work of ZoŽ ValdŽs, Pedro Juan GutiŽrrez, Antonio JosŽ Ponte, and others, Esther Whitfield draws out writersÕ engagements with the troublesome commodification of Cuban identity.
- Contents:
- Selling like hot bread : new money, new markets
- Dollar trouble : the roots of special period fiction
- Covering for banknotes : books, money, and the Cuban short story
- Markets in the margins : the allure of Centro Habana
- The ruined city : artists and spectators of decay.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-210) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-5396-8
- OCLC:
- 476162532
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