Title Literary culture in Cuba : revolution, nation-building and the book / Par Kumaraswami and Antoni Kapcia, with Meesha Nehru

Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2012 ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 265 pages) Contents Introduction -- Locating literary culture in the trajectory of the Revolution -- Understanding literary culture in the Revolution -- 1959-61 : the first flush of revolution -- 1961-89 : the years of radicalisation and consolidation -- 1990s-2000s : the years of crisis and reassessment -- The path to becoming a writer in contemporary Cuba : the role of the Centro de Formacion Literaria Onelio Jorge Cardoso and the movement of talleres literarios / by Meesha Nehru -- The history of a novel : Alberto Ajon Leon's ¿Que Bola? (What's Up?) -- The Feria Internacional del Libro de la Habana -- Conclusion Summary 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 This book examines the complex ways in which a literary culture has been created and sustained within the Cuban Revolution. Based on the insights gained from original interviews with over 100 participants and sustained documentary research, it offers new perspectives and challenges long-held orthodoxies regarding the place of literature in the Cuban Revolution. By departing from the conventional focus on individual texts and authors to instead examine the actors, processes and spaces (writing, regulation, publishing, promotion and reading) through which literature has operated inside Cuba since 1959, and thus situates literary culture within the broader revolutionary context of nation-building. It traces the development of literary culture from the first days of the Revolution through to the economic crisis of the 1990s, revealing the debates and tensions but also the continuity of vision which has underlined the production and circulation of literature on the island. Combining historical and theoretical approaches with more detailed case studies, it explores Cuban literary culture through a conceptual framework which identifies the unique and complex patterns of policy and practice within the Revolution and applies them to three particular contemporary phenomena writing workshops, the Havana Book Festival, and the publishing infrastructure which demonstrate the continuing centrality of literary culture within the Cuban Revolution. The book is of interest to students and researchers working within Latin American Studies, those studying Cuba or other revolutionary contexts in Latin America, as well as those working in Cultural Studies, and lay readers with an interest in the Cuban Revolution Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-258) and index Notes Print version record Subject Cuban literature -- History and criticism -- 20th century Politics and culture -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Spanish & Portuguese. Cuban literature Cultural policy Intellectual life Politics and culture SUBJECT Cuba -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85034592 Cuba -- Cultural policy Subject Cuba Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book Author Kapcia, Antoni, author Nehru, Meesha, author ISBN 1781704716 9781781704714 1526130327 9781526130327

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