The Social Life of Literature in Revolutionary Cuba: Narrative, Identity, and Well-Being

by Par Kumaraswami

Book Overview

This study explores the social functions of literature from the perspective of policymakers, writers, readers and residents in contemporary Cuba. It provides a new perspective on post-59 Cuban literature that underlines how cultural policy has made literature a hybrid activity between elite and mass culture, with inherent social, rather than aesthetic or political, value. Whilst many traditional studies of Cuban literature assume either its subjugation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137569638
• ISBN13: 9781137569639
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.7"