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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture
- SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture Identity, memory, and diaspora
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--Cuban American authors.
- American literature.
- Cuban American philosophy.
- Cuban American art.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 284 p. ) col. ill. ;
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, New York State : State University of New York Press, [2008]
- Language Note:
- English
- 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:
- Preface
- Jorge J.E. Gracia
- The Cuban Diaspora: A Brief Chronology
- The Artists
- Lynette M.F. Bosch
- Identities
- Baruj Salinas
- A Sense of Place
- Humberto Calzada
- Art on Art
- Emilio Falero
- The Juggler
- María Brito
- If Quebec Were in the Tropics
- Mario Bencomo
- The Human Condition
- Arturo Rodríguez
- For the Children
- Demi
- A Search for Unity
- Juan Carlos Llera
- Landscapes of the Mind
- Alberto Rey
- Sample of the Artists' Work
- Flow Up
- Island in Crisis
- The Cross
- Self-portrait as a Swan
- Untitled
- An Artist's First Painting
- Fear of Flight
- Mid-Winter Afternoon at the Mouth of the Great Lake Tributary
- The Writers
- Isabel Alvarez Borland
- Thinking in Images
- Carlos Eire
- What Sounds Good Also Rings True
- Gustavo Pérez Firmat.
- A Baratan Experience
- Pablo Medina
- Writing Without Masks
- Virgil Su rez Escaping the Humours
- Roberto Fern ndez Crossing the Crest of Forgetting
- Ana Menéndez
- Sample of the Writers' Work
- Treinta y Cinco
- Gustavo Pérez Firmat
- Fire in May
- Tristeza de mam Driving Home
- Rites of Spring
- Russian Doll
- Mirage
- The Poet as an Old Man
- Virgilio Su rez The Seed Collector
- The Trouble with Frogs
- Roberto Fern ndez Nellie
- Travelling Fools
- The Philosophers
- Cuban, Hispanic, and Latina?
- Ofelia Schutte
- The Search for Identity Outside Miami
- Cuban-American or Latin-American?
- Oscar Martí
- Universalism vs. Particularism
- Ernesto Sosa
- Sample of the Philosophers' Work
- Identities in Tension
- Ethnic Identity
- Breaking with the Past
- Philosophy, the History of Philosophy, and Science
- Bibliography
- Editors.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-265) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780791478912
- 0791478912
- 9781435633025
- 1435633024
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