Cuba and Puerto Rico
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The intertwined stories of two archipelagos and theirdiasporas
Thisvolume is the first systematic comparative study of Cuba and Puerto Rico fromboth a historical and contemporary perspective. In these essays, contributorshighlight the interconnectedness of the two archipelagos in social categoriessuch as nation, race, class, and gender to encourage a more nuanced and multifacetedstudy of the relationships between the islands and their diasporas.
Topicsrange from historical and anthropological perspectives on Cuba and Puerto Ricobefore and during the Cold War to cultural and sociological studies of diasporiccommunities in the United States. The volume features analyses of politicalcoalitions, the formation of interisland sororities, and environmental issues.Along with sharing a similar early history, Cuba and Puerto Rico have closelyintertwined cultures, including their linguistic, literary, food, musical, andreligious practices. Contributors also discuss literature by Cuban and PuertoRican authors by examining the aesthetics of literary techniques anddiscourses, the representation of psychological space on the stage, and theimpacts of migration.
Showinghow the trajectories of both archipelagos have been linked together forcenturies and how they have diverged recently, Cuba and Puerto Rico offers a transdisciplinary approach to thestudy of this intricate relationship and the formation of diasporic communitiesand continuities.
Publication of this work made possibleby a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from theNational Endowment for the Humanities.
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Carmen Haydée Rivera, professor ofEnglish at the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras, is coeditor of Writing Off the Hyphen: New CriticalPerspectives on the Literature of the Puerto Rican Diaspora.
Jorge Duany, director of the Cuban Research Institute and professor of anthropology at Florida International University, is the editor of Picturing Cuba: Art, Culture, and Identity on the Island and in the Diaspora.Content
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: "Two Wings of a Bird
- Part I. Cuba and Puerto Rico: Historical Perspectives
- 1. Passive Puerto Rico and Revolutionary Cuba? Myths, Realities, and the Optics of History
- 2. Nuclearized Wings: The Binary Roads of Cuba and Puerto Rico at the Takeoff of the Cuban Revolution (1959-1963)
- 3. The Repeating Island? Cuban-Puerto Rican Counterpoints between the Cold War and the Reencounter
- 4. Local Eyes into Caribbean Rural Life: Anthropological Informants in Cuba and Puerto Rico in the Post-World War II Era
- 5. The Harlem of the Club Las Dos Antillas: Race, Space, and Politics in Early Antillean New York
- Part II. Puerto Rican and Cuban Literary Expression
- 6. Exploding the Limits of Bodies and Islands: The Literary Works of Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro and Legna Rodríguez Iglesias
- 7. Puerto Rico en Areíto: Translation, Ethnic and Cultural Studies, and Other Collaborations among Cuban and Puerto Rican Migrant Intellectuals
- 8. Psychological and Physical Space in Puerto Rican and Cuban Twentieth-Century Theater
- 9. Hechos and desechos: Environmental Degradation and Violence in Mayra Montero's Tú, la oscuridad
- 10. Caribbean Dialogues by María Zambrano
- 11. "The Two Ephemeral Wings of the Angel of Love": Archipelagic Fantasies in the Narrative of Lourdes Casal and Manuel Ramos Otero
- Part III. Manifestations of Cuban and Puerto Rican Culture
- 12. Listening to Our New Possessions: Music and Imperial Writings on Puerto Rico and Cuba, 1898-1920s
- 13. The Musical Impact of the Mariel Boatlift on the Latin Music Scene of New York City and Interethnic Collaboration among Puerto Ricans and Cubans
- 14. Allora and Calzadilla: Noise and the Politics of Sonic Decoloniality
- 15. The Narratives and Life Projects of Orientales from Cuba in Puerto Rico and Florida: An Initial Comparative Study
- 16. Becoming Cuba-Rican: A Personal Testimony
- List of Contributors
- Index
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