Cuba and Puerto Rico: Transdisciplinary Approaches to History, Literature, and Culture - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1683403304 ISBN 13: 9781683403302

Verlag: University Press of Florida, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

The intertwined stories of two archipelagos and theirdiasporas

 

Thisvolume is the first systematic comparative study of Cuba and Puerto Rico fromboth a historical and contemporary perspective. In these essays, contributorshighlight the interconnectedness of the two archipelagos in social categoriessuch as nation, race, class, and gender to encourage a more nuanced and multifacetedstudy of the relationships between the islands and their diasporas.

Topicsrange from historical and anthropological perspectives on Cuba and Puerto Ricobefore and during the Cold War to cultural and sociological studies of diasporiccommunities in the United States. The volume features analyses of politicalcoalitions, the formation of interisland sororities, and environmental issues.Along with sharing a similar early history, Cuba and Puerto Rico have closelyintertwined cultures, including their linguistic, literary, food, musical, andreligious practices. Contributors also discuss literature by Cuban and PuertoRican authors by examining the aesthetics of literary techniques anddiscourses, the representation of psychological space on the stage, and theimpacts of migration.

Showinghow the trajectories of both archipelagos have been linked together forcenturies and how they have diverged recently, Cuba and Puerto Rico offers a transdisciplinary approach to thestudy of this intricate relationship and the formation of diasporic communitiesand continuities.

 

Publication of this work made possible by aSustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from theNational Endowment for the Humanities.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Carmen Haydée Rivera, professor of
English at the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras, is coeditor of Writing Off the Hyphen: New Critical
Perspectives on the Literature of the Puerto Rican Diaspora.

Jorge Duany, director of the Cuban Research Institute and professor of anthropology at Florida International University, is the editor of Picturing Cuba: Art, Culture, and Identity on the Island and in the Diaspora.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University Press of Florida
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1683403304
• ISBN 13: 9781683403302
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 338
• Herausgeber: Rivera Carmen Hayde, Duany Jorge
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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