Identity, Memory, and Diaspora: Voices of Cuban-American Artists, Writers, and Philosophers

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791473171
• ISBN13: 9780791473177
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 8.9"