Cuban Intersections of Literary and Urban Spaces

By: Carlos Riob?

A collection of essays on theories of space in relation to Havana.

Cuban Intersections of Literary and Urban Spaces examines Havana as a center where urban and literary spaces often come together. The idea for this collection of essays grew out of an international conference on Cuba, Cuba Futures: Past and Present, held by the City University of New York's Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies at CUNY's Graduate Center in 2011, but evolved out of a collaboration with scholars in the fields of literature, architecture, urban planning, and library science. The topics addressed peek at a dynamic Cuban nation through its cultural interstices at a crucial moment in the island's evolving history. This conference proceeding opens with a piece on the intersections between Havana's colonial built environment and the literary aesthetic of the Baroque in the Caribbean. The collection continues with the following areas of study: urban gardens, urban planning, architecture, literary projections on space, international relations and cultural institutions, access to books, and social policies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438442564
• ISBN13: 9781438442563
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 157 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher