ReMembering Cuba

Legacy of a Diaspora

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

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Beskrivning

Longing for their lost homeland unites Cuban exiles and their children, many of whom have never seen the Island. Yet as decades pass and the hope of "next year in Cuba" fades, the Cuban American community has had to forge new understandings of where "home" is and what it means to be "Cuban," "American," and/or "Cuban American." The testimonies gathered in this book offer over one hundred perspectives on the Cuban diaspora and on what it means to be Cuban in exile. Through narratives, interviews, creative writings, letters, journal entries, recipes, photographs, and paintings, Cubans from various waves of the migration and their descendants piece together a complex mosaic of the exile experience and diasporic identity. In her introduction, Andrea O'Reilly Herrera describes how she conceived the project and chose the contributors, including both unknown and established artists and writers such as Gustavo PÉrez Firmat, Sylvia Curbelo, Pablo Medina, Lourdes Gil, Ricardo Pau-Llosa, Heberto Padilla, and JosÉ Kozer. The contributors' diverse and sometimes conflicting voices offer a more inclusive and complex understanding of Cuban American identity and the various Cuban "presences" residing throughout the United States. Likewise, they overthrow a perceived "hierarchy of suffering" among Cuban Americans, which purports to dictate who can and cannot speak authentically about exile and loss, as well as what form their expression can take.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-06-01
Mått:156 x 235 x 25 mm
Vikt:653 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:376
Förlag:University of Texas Press
ISBN:9780292731479

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The American-born daughter of a Cuban mother and an Irish American father, Andrea O'Reilly Herrera is Associate Professor of Literature and Director of the Ethnic Studies Program at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

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"To date, no [other] book representing such a wide and extensive sampling of views and experiences of the Cuban Diaspora exists." -Isabel Alvarez Borland, author of Cuban-American Narratives of Exile: From Person to Persona

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Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Andrea O'Reilly Herrera Section I : The Interior Exile ("insilio") Leandro Soto: Testimonio de un artista Rafael E. Saumell: Oh, La Habana Manena's Cuban American Recipes Hector R. Romero: Life in Exile Sara Rosell: The "Sandwich" Generation Efrain J. Ferrer and Vivian de la Incera: The Thirteenth Suitcase Enrique Patterson: Sin calcetÍnes Julio J. Guerra Molina: Beyond Fear Luis Cruz Azaceta: Dead Rafter II Silvia Curbelo: Balsero Singing Section II: "Merely a Player" Heberto Padilla: Los que se alejan siempre son los niÑos MarÍa Brito: Merely a Player Ileana Fuentes: Portrait of Wendy, At Fifty, With Bra Luz Irene Diaz: The Wooden Suitcase MarÍa Emilia Castagliola: Once upon a Time in May of 1961... Juan Manuel Alonso: Crossing into the Mainstream Gabriella Ibieta: Fragmented Memories Tony Mendoza: Going Back Section III: Crossing the Generational Divide An Afternoon with Ernesto F. Betancourt Adela Betancourt Jabine: Growing Up Cuban American MarÍa Antonia Soto: My Life in Exile Francisco Soto: Lost Memories and Nostalgic Obsessions Flora GonzÁlez Mandri: Thirty-Two Years Later Rachel Werner Baldwin: Island of Color Alicia Serrano MachirÁn Granto: Life al revÉs Gina Granto-Penque: On Being Cuban Ada Manero AlvarÉ: One Mother's Testimonial Tia Ada's Arroz con leche Carlos Alberto AlvarÉ: Losing Eden Section IV: Snapshots Ricardo Pau-Llosa: La hora de los mameyes MarÍa Cristina GarcÍa: Abui Olga Mendell: A Cuban American Memoir Virgil SuÁrez: Song for the Royal Palms of Miami Silvia Curbelo: Photograph of My Parents Silvia Curbelo: First Shift at Hershey's, 4 A.M. Andrea O'Reilly Herrera: Inhabited Woman Nilda Cepero: Burialground Raquel Romeu: A Journal from the Bay of Mariel Jorge Luis Romeu: Political Exile Section V: The Culture Wars Gustavo PÉrez Firmat: The Facts of Life on the Hyphen Lourdes Gil: Against the Grain:Writing Spanish in the USA Lourdes Gil: From "The Necessary Treasons" Marta Elena Acosta Stone: Understanding del Casal Mayling C. Blanco: A Cubana in NewYork Virgil SuÁrez: Arroz Carolina Hospital: What Kind of Cuban AreYou? Nilda Cepero: Tropical Flavor ElÍas Miguel MuÑoz: Flags and Rags (On Golden Lake) Kenya Carmen Dworkin y MendÉz: Next Stop Ninety Miles Section VI: "The Bite of Exile" Jose Kozer: The Bite of Exile Jose Kozer: Autobiography Heberto Padilla: Culture and Exile Ricardo Pau-Llosa: The Wages of Exile Jorge Guitart: Foreigner's Notebook Jorge Guitart: In the Wilderness Connie Lloveras: Living on Borrowed Ground Virgil SuÁrez: Clotheslines Carlos J. AlvarÉ: Letter to His Niece Emilio M. Mozo: exilio Emilio M. Mozo: sombras Nilda Cepero: Paradox Pablo Medina: Where Are You From? A Cuban Dilemma Pablo Medina: The Chosen Carlota Caulfield: Even Names Have Their Exile Carlota Caulfield: The Photo That Watches Section VII: "Grace under Pressure" Leandro Soto: Cubans in the U.S. Grisel PujalÁ-Soto: Exile: Reality or lmagination Heberto Padilla: Entre el gato y la casa RaÚl FernÁndez: Musicians in Motion RaÚl FernÁndez: From"Celia Cruz" RaÚl FernÁndez: From"La magia musical de Cachao" Carmen Herrera: Yesterday/Ayer Rafael Soriano: E1 descanso del heroe RocÍo RodrÍguez: Head and Vessel Luis Cruz Azaceta: From Outside Cuba/Fuera de CubaMarÍa MartÍnez-CaÑas: Historia rota (Broken History) Orlando RodrÍguez SardiÑas (Rossardi): Exilio Roberto G. FernÁndez: Abode JesÚs J. Barquet: Lluvia y primaveras Yara GonzÁlez-Montes: Autobiography, Historiography, and Mythography in MatÍas Montes Huidobro's Desterrados al fuegoSection VIII: Inheriting Exile Gisele M. Requena: On Being an American-Born Cuban from Miami MarÍa de los Angeles Lemus: From "Stories My Mother Never Told Me" Victor Andres Triay: ABCs in South Florida Suburbia Alberto Rey: Appropriated Memories Margarita Engle: Inheriting Exile Cecilia RodrÍguez MilanÉs: Un Testimonio Gabriel RodrÍguez: The Grand Finale Maura Barrios: Memoirs of a TampeÑa Andrea O'Reilly Herrera: Una cubanita pasada por agua Cata's "pie" de guayaba Select Bibliography