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Subject(s)

• Asturias, Miguel Angel [Browse]
• Carpentier, Alejo 1904-1980 [Browse]
• Benítez, Fernando 1912-2000 [Browse]
• Fuentes, Carlos [Browse]
• Otero Silva, Miguel [Browse]
• Beauvoir, Simone de 1908-1986 [Browse]
• Sartre, Jean-Paul 1905-1980 [Browse]
• Fo, Dario [Browse]
• Sosa, Mercedes [Browse]
• Cuba—History—1959-1990 [Browse]
• Cuba—History—1990- [Browse]

Advisor

• González Crespo, Arien [Browse]

Coordinator

• Vogel, Johan [Browse]

Series

BrillOnline Primary Sources. [More in this series]

Summary note

• Part 1: Primary-source collection of approximately 45,000 fully-searchable documents from the Casa de las Américas in Havana, documenting the culture and cultural relations of Revolutionary Cuba and countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. The 45,000 documents are organized in 545 folders, covering such diverse materials as articles, newspaper clippings, cable messages, interviews, conference memorabilia, etc., collected from 1959 onward. Together they document the activities of the institution both in Cuba and beyond, bearing testimony to the conflicts and passions of a turbulent time. Conferences and controversies, manifestos and open letters combine to shed a light on a vibrant cultural history, which is now accessible for the first time from new and unexpected angles.
• Part 2: This primary-source collection documents the literary, intellectual and cultural milieu of Revolutionary Cuba. Sourced from the archives of the Casa de las Américas in Havana, it provides unprecedented access to files covering more than a thousand writers, thinkers and artists from Cuba and abroad.
• Part 3: This primary source collection documents the history of theater in Latin America and the Caribbean, with a special focus on Revolutionary Cuba.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Scanned from the original held by the Casa de las Américas in Havana.

Contents

• This collection gives access to 545 folders from the archives of Casa de les Americas in Havana, Cuba. Main sections in the collection are: Premio Casa / Casa de las Américas Literary Prize
• Casa y Cultura / Casa and Culture
• Bibliotecas / Libraries
• Actividades Casa de las Américas / Activities of Casa de las Américas
• Casa y Cultura Recortes / Newspaper Clippings
• Revista Casa de las Américas / Magazine of the Casa de las Américas
• Cafe conversatorio.

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Other title(s)

CUBA

ISSN

2542-4947

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