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Literary Culture in Cuba: Revolution, Nation-Building and the Book
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Literary Culture in Cuba: Revolution, Nation-Building and the Book
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Par Kumaraswami
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By (author) Antoni Kapcia
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Index by Martin Hargreaves
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:272 | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138 |
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Category/Genre | Literary studies - from c 1900 - |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780719099953
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Classifications | Dewey:860.90064 |
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Audience | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | |
Illustrations |
Illustrations, black & white
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Manchester University Press
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Imprint |
Manchester University Press
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Publication Date |
4 January 2016 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Available in paperback for the first time, this book brings an original and innovative approach to a much-misunderstood aspect of the Cuban Revolution: the place of literature and the creation of a literary culture. Based on over 100 interviews with a wide range of actors involved in the structures and processes that produce, regulate, promote and consume literature on the island, the book breaks new ground by going beyond the conventional approach (the study of individual authors and texts) and by going beyond the canon of texts known outside Cuba. It thus presents a historical analysis of the evolution of literary culture from 1959 to the present, as well as a series of more detailed case studies (on writing workshops, the Havana Book Festival and the publishing infrastructure) which reveal how this culture is created in contemporary Cuba. It thus contributes a new and complex vision of revolutionary Cuban culture which is as detailed as it is comprehensive. -- .
Author Biography
Par Kumaraswami is Associate Professor in Latin American Cultural Studies at the University of Reading Antoni Kapcia is Professor of Latin American History at the University of Nottingham -- .
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