Minima Cuba

Heretical Poetics and Power in Post-Soviet Cuba

By Marta Hernández Salván | Publisher: State University of New York Press

About the book

2016 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

Mínima Cuba analyzes the reconfiguration of aesthetics and power during the Cuban postrevolutionary transition (1989 to 2005, the conclusion of the \"Special Period\"). It explores the marginal cultural production on the island by the first generation of intellectuals born during the Revolution. The author studies the work of postrevolutionary poets and essayists Antonio José Ponte, Rolando Sánchez Mejías, and Iván de la Nuez, among others. In their writing we find the exhaustion of the allegorical and melancholic rhetoric of the Cuban Revolution, and the poetics of irony developed in the current biopolitical era. The book will appeal to anyone interested in contemporary literary and cultural studies, poetics, and film studies in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Editions of Minima Cuba

Hardcover
ISBN 9781438456690
Paperback
ISBN 9781438456706
PDF
ISBN 9781438456713

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2016 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

Mínima Cuba analyzes the reconfiguration of aesthetics and power during the Cuban postrevolutionary transition (1989 to 2005, the conclusion of the \"Special Period\"). It explores the marginal cultural production on the island by the first generation of intellectuals born during the Revolution. The author studies the work of postrevolutionary poets and essayists Antonio José Ponte, Rolando Sánchez Mejías, and Iván de la Nuez, among others. In their writing we find the exhaustion of the allegorical and melancholic rhetoric of the Cuban Revolution, and the poetics of irony developed in the current biopolitical era. The book will appeal to anyone interested in contemporary literary and cultural studies, poetics, and film studies in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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2016 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

Mínima Cuba analyzes the reconfiguration of aesthetics and power during the Cuban postrevolutionary transition (1989 to 2005, the conclusion of the \"Special Period\"). It explores the marginal cultural production on the island by the first generation of intellectuals born during the Revolution. The author studies the work of postrevolutionary poets and essayists Antonio José Ponte, Rolando Sánchez Mejías, and Iván de la Nuez, among others. In their writing we find the exhaustion of the allegorical and melancholic rhetoric of the Cuban Revolution, and the poetics of irony developed in the current biopolitical era. The book will appeal to anyone interested in contemporary literary and cultural studies, poetics, and film studies in Latin America and the Caribbean.

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Minima Cuba?

Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Literature: history and criticism

Where can I read a sample of Minima Cuba?

You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781438456690

How long is Minima Cuba and how many pages does it have?

Minima Cuba has 272 page(s)

Is Minima Cuba part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?

Yes it is a part of series SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture

Who is/are the Author/s of the book Minima Cuba?

Marta Hernández Salván

Who is the Publisher of the book Minima Cuba?

State University of New York Press

What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

Minima Cuba is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781438456690) and paperback(ISBN 9781438456706) and pdf(ISBN 9781438456713)

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