Contestatory Cuban Short Story of the Revolution

by José B. Alvarez IV

Overview

José Alvarez, in Contestatory Cuban Short Story of the Revolution, presents a unique analysis of counter-cultural narratives written in Cuba. Because the short story, to a great extent, never ceases to be a marginal production, Alvarez approaches the Cuban short story with the rigor of contemporary cultural studies, which involves the theoretical imperative of examining cultural production as an ideological reading of the sociopolitical context in which it occurs and in which it is distributed, consumed, and interpreted. This book complements other books written about the works of Reinaldo Arenas, Jose Lezama Lima, Virgilio Pinera and others.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761823445
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	07/31/2002
Pages:	156
Product dimensions:	5.62(w) x 8.24(h) x 0.48(d)

About the Author

José B. Alvarez IV is Assistant Professor of Spanish, Department of Romance Languages, University of Georgia, Athens.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Prologue Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 Cuban Writing: Historic and Cultural Context Chapter 4 Cuban Short Story: A Pendulum Movement Chapter 5 The Cuban Short Story of the Novísimos Chapter 6 The Dialectics of Homoeroticism in Cuban Narrative Chapter 7 Appendix: Round Table with Four Cuban Intellectuals: "Culture of the Cuban Revolution- a Fluctuating Movement" Chapter 8 Works Cited