Identity, Memory, and Diaspora

Jorge J. E. Gracia & Lynette M. F. Bosch

Jorge J. E. Gracia & Lynette M. F. Bosch
Identity, Memory, and Diaspora [PDF ebook]
Voices of Cuban-American Artists, Writers, and Philosophers

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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.

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Tabella dei contenuti

Preface
Jorge J. E. Gracia

The Cuban Diaspora: A Brief Chronology

Part I. 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

The Artists’ Work

Flow Up
Fuji-San
Baruj Salinas

Island in Crisis
Humberto Calzada

Across
Emilio Falero

Self-portrait as a Swan
María Brito

If Quebec Were in the Tropics II
Mario Bencomo

Untitled
Arturo Rodríguez

An Artist’s First Painting
Demi

Fear of Flight
Juan Carlos Llera

Brown Trout—Hosmer Creek
Alberto Rey

Part II. The Writers
Isabel Alvarez Borland

Thinking in Images
Carlos Eire

What Sounds Good Also Rings True
Gustavo Pérez Firmat

A Baratan Experience
Pablo Medina

Writing Without Masks
Virgil Suárez

Escaping the Humors
Roberto Fernández

Crossing the Crest of Forgetting
Ana Menéndez

The Writers’ Work

Treinta y Cinco
Carlos Eire

Fire in May
Tristeza de mamá
Gustavo Pérez Firmat

Driving Home
Rites of Spring
Russian Doll
Mirage
The Poet as an Old Man
Pablo Medina

The Seed Collector
The Trouble with Frogs
Virgil Suárez

Nellie
Roberto Fernández

Travelling Fools
Ana Menéndez

Part III. 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 or Particularism?
Ernesto Sosa

The Philosophers’ Work

Identities in Tension
Ofelia Schutte

Ethnic Identity
Jorge J. E. Gracia

Breaking with the Past
Oscar Martí

Philosophy, the History of Philosophy, and Science
Ernesto Sosa

Bibliography
About the Editors
Index

Circa l’autore

Jorge J. E. Gracia is SUNY Distinguished Professor and Samuel P. Capen Chair in Philosophy at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. His many books include
Race or Ethnicity? On Black and Latino Identity.
Lynette M. F. Bosch is Professor of Art History at SUNY College at Geneseo and author of
Cuban-American Art in Miami: Exile, Identity and the Neo-Baroque.
Isabel Alvarez Borland is Monsignor Edward G. Murray Professor of Arts and Humanities at the College of the Holy Cross and author of
Cuban-American Literature of Exile: From Person to Persona.

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Lingua Inglese ● Formato PDF ● Pagine 296 ● ISBN 9780791478912 ● Dimensione 3.4 MB ● Editore Jorge J. E. Gracia & Lynette M. F. Bosch ● Casa editrice State University of New York Press ● Pubblicato 2009 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 7664560 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM

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