SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-265) and index.
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A Baratan Experience -- Pablo Medina -- Writing Without Masks -- Virgil Su rez Escaping the Humours -- Roberto Fern ndez Crossing the Crest of Forgetting -- Ana Menéndez -- Sample of the Writers' Work -- Carlos Eire -- Treinta y Cinco -- Gustavo Pérez Firmat -- Fire in May -- Tristeza de mam Driving Home -- Pablo Medina -- Rites of Spring -- Russian Doll -- Mirage -- The Poet as an Old Man -- Virgilio Su rez The Seed Collector -- The Trouble with Frogs -- Roberto Fern ndez Nellie -- Ana Menéndez -- Travelling Fools -- The Philosophers -- Jorge J.E. Gracia -- Cuban, Hispanic, and Latina? -- Ofelia Schutte -- The Search for Identity Outside Miami -- Jorge J.E. Gracia -- Cuban-American or Latin-American? -- Oscar Martí -- Universalism vs. Particularism -- Ernesto Sosa -- Sample of the Philosophers' Work -- Ofelia Schutte -- Identities in Tension -- Jorge J.E. Gracia -- Ethnic Identity -- Oscar Martí -- Breaking with the Past -- Ernesto Sosa -- Philosophy, the History of Philosophy, and Science -- Bibliography -- Editors.
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Preface -- Jorge J.E. Gracia -- The Cuban Diaspora: A Brief Chronology -- The Artists -- Lynette M.F. Bosch -- Identities -- Baruj Salinas -- A Sense of Place -- Humberto Calzada -- Art on Art -- Emilio Falero -- The Juggler -- María Brito -- If Quebec Were in the Tropics -- Mario Bencomo -- The Human Condition -- Arturo Rodríguez -- For the Children -- Demi -- A Search for Unity -- Juan Carlos Llera -- Landscapes of the Mind -- Alberto Rey -- Sample of the Artists' Work -- Baruj Salinas -- Flow Up -- Humberto Calzada -- Island in Crisis -- Emilio Falero -- The Cross -- María Brito -- Self-portrait as a Swan -- Mario Bencomo -- If Quebec Were in the Tropics -- Arturo Rodríguez -- Untitled -- Demi -- An Artist's First Painting -- Juan Carlos Llera -- Fear of Flight -- Alberto Rey -- Mid-Winter Afternoon at the Mouth of the Great Lake Tributary -- The Writers -- Isabel Alvarez Borland -- Thinking in Images -- Carlos Eire -- What Sounds Good Also Rings True -- Gustavo Pérez Firmat.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This fascinating volume contains interviews with nineteen prominent Cuban-American artists, writers, and philosophers who tell their stories and share what they consider important for understanding their work. Struggling with issues of Cuban-American identity in particular and social identity in general, they explore such questions as how they see themselves, how they have dealt with the diaspora and their memories, what they have done to find a proper place in their adopted country, and how their work has been influenced by the experience. Their answers reveal different perspectives on art, literature, and philosophy, and the different challenges encountered personally and professionally. The interviews are gathered into three groups: nine artists, six writers, and four philosophers. An introductory essay for each group is included, and the interviews are accompanied by brief biographical notes, along with samples of the work of those interviewed. -- Amazon.com.