José Martí contributed greatly to Cuba’s struggle for independence from Spain with words as well as revolutionary action. Although he died before the formation of an independent republic, he has since been hailed as a heroic martyr inspiring Cuban republican traditions. During the twentieth century traditionally nationalistic literature has reinforced an uncritical idealization of Martí and his influence. New approaches have recently explored the formation, reception, uses and abuses of the Martí myth. The essays in this volume analyze the influence of José Martí – poet, scholar and revolutionary – on the formation of often-competing national identities in post-independence Cuba. By exploring the diverse representations and interpretations of Martí, they provide a critical analysis of the ways in which his political and literary legacies have been used to advance contrasting versions of contemporary Cuban reality.
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While Fernando Ortiz’s contribution to the understanding of Cuba and Latin America has been widely recognized since the 1940s, recently there has been renewed interest in this scholar and activist who made lasting contributions to a staggering array of fields. This volume – a compilation of work by scholars from Cuba, Mexico, the United States and Europe – probes Ortiz’s vast oeuvre and provides a timely and provocative reassessment of his legacy.
Embracing simultaneity, inherent contradiction and hybridity, the Ortizian perspective has remarkable relevance to the current debate about Latin America’s complex and evolving societies. Cuban Counterpoints explores the bold new perspectives that Ortiz brought to bear on social science and Cuban society. These 20 essays discuss his profoundly influential approach to transculturation, Afro-Latin culture, race relations, and such major themes in Cuban society and history as the roles of tobacco and sugar, civil society, religion and law, national identity, intellectual and political dynamics during the Republic, music, and literature. Together, these essays provide a convincing portrait of a major social thinker and great Cuban.
During the 1990s, the collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union left Cuba’s state socialism facing the challenge of reintegration into a largely capitalist world society. At the same time, institutions championing democratic values and human rights were taking root across Latin America. This collection of essays – taken from the international conference, "Integración Económica y Democratización: América Latina y Cuba," held in Santiago, Chile – examines the challenges confronting Cuba as it seeks to develop institutions and policies needed for international “re-insertion.” The essays explore Cuba’s relations with other Latin American countries and institutions, its regional economic integration, the environment for change within Cuba, the prospects for democratization and the environment for international insertion at the dawn of the 21st century.
This directory is organized into ten thematic
sections: Educational/Academic; Art and Cultural;
Business and Economic; Government, NGOs, and Think
Tanks; Democracy and Human Rights; Diaspora and Exile Organizations; Travel and Tourism; Religious; News Sources; and Miscellaneous sites, Organizations, Information, and Links. Each section lists organizations and websites in order of importance, not alphabetically. Each entry includes a title, web address, brief description, contact name and e-mail, and address and phone/fax number (if available). The directory's purpose is to facilitate fruitful dialogue and collaboration between Cuba and the outside world, especially the United States.
Online papers and proceedings from the homonymous symposium, held March 13-15, 2006 at The Graduate Center, The City University of New York. The collected essays address prospects for economic evolution, Cuba in comparative perspective, Cuba's changing institutions and the making of material culture related to the island.
Online collection of papers and proceedings from the homonymous symposium, held October 4-5, 2004 at The Graduate Center, The City University of New York. It features essays on a broad range of issues facing contemporary Cuba, including changing perceptions, emergent perspectives, economic transformations, immigration and ethnic identity, and evolving institutions.
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