The social life of literature in revolutionary Cuba : narrative, identity, and well-being / Par Kumaraswami.

Author
Kumaraswami, Par [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
  • ©2016
Description
ix, 222 pages ; 22 cm

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    This study explores the social functions of literature from the perspective of policymakers, writers, readers and residents in contemporary Cuba. It provides a new perspective on post-59 Cuban literature that underlines how cultural policy has made literature a hybrid activity between elite and mass culture, with inherent social, rather than aesthetic or political, value. Whilst many traditional studies of Cuban literature assume either its subjugation to politics and ideology or, conversely, its role in resisting political discourse via a rather naiv̈e notion of artistic freedom, this project explores the varied, dynamic and multiple ways in which literature works in Cuban society: as a catalyst for identity construction aimed at consensus and belonging, but also as an instrument of self-differentiation and self-definition, even in the more recent context of a more market-oriented system.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-217) and index.
    Contents
    • 1. Introduction: The Social Life of Literature in Contemporary Cuba: Negotiating Identity, Attaining Well-Being, and Surviving Social Change
    • 2. Culture, Identity, and Well-Being: Reviewing the Possibilities
    • 3. Social Change, Cultural Policy, and the Functions of Literature: Understanding Culture and Revolution in Cuba, 1959
    • 1989
    • 4. "La cultura es lo primero que hay que salvar": Writers, Literature, and Weil-Being in the Periodo Especial, 1990
    • 2000
    • 5. "La cosa esta que vino despues": Reading Testimonial Literature, Well-Being, and Narrative During the Batalla de Ideas
    • 6. Subjective Well-Being and Culture as Everyday Practice in Contemporary Cuba, 2007
    • 2012
    • 7. Conclusion: The Promise of Well-Being Through Culture in Contemporary Cuba: Morality, Culture, and the Market.
    ISBN
    • 9781137569639 ((hardbound))
    • 1137569638 ((hardbound))
    • 9781137559401 ((e-book))
    • 1137559403
    LCCN
    2016948398
    OCLC
    952789263
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