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Cuban-American Literature and Art: Negotiating Identities (Suny Series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture)
CubanAmerican Literature and Art Negotiating Identities - Suny Series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture Explores how Cuban Americans negotiate bicultural identities through cultural production. — This groundbreaking collection offers an understanding of why Cuban-American literature and visual art have emerged in the United States and how they are so essentially linked to both Cuban and American cultures. The contributors explore crucial issues... more » pertinent not only to Cuban-American cultural production but also to other immigrant groups?hybrid identities, biculturation, bilingualism, immigration, adaptation, and exile. The complex ways in which Cuban Americans have been able to keep a living memory of Cuba while developing and thriving in America are both intriguing and instructive. These essays, written from a variety of perspectives, range from useful overviews of fictional and visual works of art to close readings of individual texts.« less