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New Directions in Latino American Cultures Ser.: Essays in Cuban Intellectual History by Rafael Rojas (2008, Hardcover)

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Well-known essayist and Cuban historian Rafael Rojas presents a collection of his best work, one which focuses on - and offers alternatives to - the central myths that have organized Cuban culture from the nineteenth century to the present. Rojas explores the most important themes of Cuban intellectual history,including the legacy of José Martí, the cultural effect of the war in 1898, the construction of a national canon of Cuban literature, the works of classical intellectuals of the republican period, the literary magazine Orígenes, the ideological impact of the Cuban Revolution, and the possibilities of a democratic transition in the island at the beginning of the twenty-firstcentury.

Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Gn562-564
Reviews
" Essays in Cuban Intellectual History offers ample evidence that Cuban nationalism will remain fertile ground for our deepest intellectual quandaries. In that sense, in its rich array of hope, contradiction and fear, one must welcome the arrival of this book."--Román de la Campa, A Contra corriente, " Essays in Cuban Intellectual History offers ample evidence that Cuban nationalism will remain fertile ground for our deepest intellectual quandaries. In that sense, in its rich array of hope, contradiction and fear, one must welcome the arrival of this book." - Romn de la Campa, A Contra corriente
Table of Content
Preface * "Otro Gallo Cantaría:" The First Cuban Republicanism * The Moral Frontier: 1898, Discourses at War * Against Homo Cubensis: Fernando Ortiz, Transculturation, and Nationalism * Orígenes and the Poetics of History * Gallery of Cuban Writing * Diaspora and Memory in Cuban Literature * Symbolic Dilemmas of the Cuban Transition
Copyright Date
2008
Topic
Caribbean & Latin American, General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Lccn
2007-024925
Dewey Decimal
332.024
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, History, Social Science

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