The Island Called Paradise : Cuba in History, Literature, and the Arts /

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A personal and cultural mediation, Philip D. Beidler's The Island Called Paradise explores the fascinating ways Cuban history and culture have permeated North American consciousness, and vice versa. In The Island Called Paradise, Philip D. Beidler shares his personal discovery of the vast, rich...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Beidler, Philip D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
National characteristics, Cuban.
Literature.
Cubans.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
Cubains.
Cuba.
Cuba > Dans l'art.
Cuba > Dans la litterature.
Cuba > Dans la culture populaire.
Cuba > In art.
Cuba > In literature.
Cuba > In popular culture.
Art.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Cuba and the imagination
  • Romancing Cecilia Valdes
  • Un militar espanol de origen venezolano
  • Mambises in whiteface
  • The ghost of Walker Evans
  • Ignacio Pineiro, George Gershwin, and the Schillinger system
  • The secret life of Ricky Ricardo
  • Good neighbor Batista
  • The two Ernestos
  • Steverino in Gangsterland
  • Why no one in Havana speaks of Graham Greene
  • Inspector Renko on the Malecon
  • The example of Yoani Sanchez
  • Conclusion : the autumn of the comandante.

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