The Cuban Condition

This book shows how the New World's cultural and literary autonomy lies in the ways in which it assimilated its cultural inheritance. It explores this process of transculturation in Cuba, and proposes a new understanding of the issue of Cuban national identity through readings of different works.

Zusammenfassung
Firmat explores the process of assimilation or transculturation in the case of Cuba, and proposes a new understanding of the issue of Cuban national identity.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Mr. Cuba; 2. The politics of enchantment; 3. Cuban counterpoint; 4. Nicolás Guillén between the son and the sonnet; 5. Mulatto madrigals; 6. The discourse of the tropics; 7. The creation of Juan Criollo; 8. Shifting grounds; 9. Land or language; Notes; Bibliography; Index.