Imaging the Chinese in Cuban Literature and Culture - Softcover

Lopez-Calvo, Ignacio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813034450 ISBN 13: 9780813034454

Verlag: University Press of Florida, 2008

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Reseña del editor:

More than 150 years ago, the first Chinese contract laborers ("coolies") arrived in Cuba to work the colonial plantations. Eventually, over 150,000 Chinese immigrated to the island, and their presence has had a profound effect on all aspects of Cuban cultural production, from food to books to painting. Ignacio Lopez-Calvo's interpretations often go against the grain of earlier research, refusing to conceive of Cuban identity either in terms of a bipolar black/white opposition or an idyllic and harmonious process of miscegenation. He also counters traditional representations of chinos mambises, Chinese immigrants who fought for Cuba in the Wars of Independence against Spain. Imaging the Chinese in Cuban Literature and Culture fills a void in literary criticism, breaking new ground within the small field of Sino-Cuban studies. It is destined to set the tone for years to come.

Biografía del autor:

Ignacio Lopez-Calvo is a professor of Spanish at the University of California, Merced.

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• Verlag: University Press of Florida
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0813034450
• ISBN 13: 9780813034454
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 246