Cuba and Puerto Rico : transdisciplinary approaches to history, literature, and culture / edited by Carmen Haydée Rivera and Jorge Duany.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rivera, Carmen Haydée, editor.

Duany, Jorge, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cuban literature--History and criticism.

Cuban literature.

Puerto Rico--History.

Puerto Rico.

Cuba--History.

Cuba.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, Florida : University of Florida Press, [2022]

Summary:

In this first systematic comparative study of Cuba andPuerto Rico from both a historical and contemporary perspective, contributorshighlight the interconnectedness of the two archipelagos and encourage a morenuanced and multifaceted study of the relationships between the islands andtheir diasporas.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction: "Two Wings of a Bird

Part I. Cuba and Puerto Rico: Historical Perspectives

1. Passive Puerto Rico and Revolutionary Cuba? Myths, Realities, and the Optics of History

2. Nuclearized Wings: The Binary Roads of Cuba and Puerto Rico at the Takeoff of the Cuban Revolution (1959-1963)

3. The Repeating Island? Cuban-Puerto Rican Counterpoints between the Cold War and the Reencounter

4. Local Eyes into Caribbean Rural Life: Anthropological Informants in Cuba and Puerto Rico in the Post-World War II Era

5. The Harlem of the Club Las Dos Antillas: Race, Space, and Politics in Early Antillean New York

Part II. Puerto Rican and Cuban Literary Expression

6. Exploding the Limits of Bodies and Islands: The Literary Works of Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro and Legna Rodríguez Iglesias

7. Puerto Rico en Areíto: Translation, Ethnic and Cultural Studies, and Other Collaborations among Cuban and Puerto Rican Migrant Intellectuals

8. Psychological and Physical Space in Puerto Rican and Cuban Twentieth-Century Theater

9. Hechos and desechos: Environmental Degradation and Violence in Mayra Montero's Tú, la oscuridad

10. Caribbean Dialogues by María Zambrano

11. "The Two Ephemeral Wings of the Angel of Love": Archipelagic Fantasies in the Narrative of Lourdes Casal and Manuel Ramos Otero

Part III. Manifestations of Cuban and Puerto Rican Culture

12. Listening to Our New Possessions: Music and Imperial Writings on Puerto Rico and Cuba, 1898-1920s

13. The Musical Impact of the Mariel Boatlift on the Latin Music Scene of New York City and Interethnic Collaboration among Puerto Ricans and Cubans

14. Allora and Calzadilla: Noise and the Politics of Sonic Decoloniality.

15. The Narratives and Life Projects of Orientales from Cuba in Puerto Rico and Florida: An Initial Comparative Study

16. Becoming Cuba-Rican: A Personal Testimony

List of Contributors

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Rivera, Carmen Haydée Cuba and Puerto Rico

ISBN:

1-68340-349-5

OCLC:

1369665086