Cuba and Puerto Rico: Transdisciplinary Approaches to History, Literature, and Culture

by Carmen Haydée Rivera (Editor), Jorge Duany (Editor)

Overview

In this first systematic comparative study of Cuba and Puerto Rico from both a historical and contemporary perspective, contributors highlight the interconnectedness of the two archipelagos and encourage a more nuanced and multifaceted study of the relationships between the islands and their diasporas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683403302
Publisher:	University Press of Florida
Publication date:	02/28/2023
Pages:	338
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

Carmen Haydée Rivera, professor of English at the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras, is coeditor of Writing Off the Hyphen: New Critical Perspectives on the Literature of the Puerto Rican Diaspora. 

Jorge Duany, director of the Cuban Research Institute and professor of anthropology at Florida International University, is the editor of Picturing Cuba: Art, Culture, and Identity on the Island and in the Diaspora.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“A worthy collection of essays by leading scholars on the intertwined relationship between Cuba and Puerto Rico, two islands whose history is so parallel yet whose present seems so dissimilar. The authors take seriously the challenge of considering both societies in the same frame and seeing all the new insights and perspectives that emerge. The disciplinary breadth of the volume is stunning. All readers will learn something new and fascinating.”—Ada Ferrer, Pulitzer Prize‒winning author of Cuba: An American History

“A splendid compilation of essays by scholars whose work transcends conventional conceptual and theoretical boundaries and approaches to bring readers new comparative understandings of Cuban and Puerto Rican past and contemporary histories and cultural production in their respective national, regional, and diasporic locations. An indispensable source and prime example of transdisciplinarity at its best!”—Edna Acosta-Belén, coauthor of Puerto Ricans in the United States: A Contemporary Portrait

“This collection of engaging essays explores original and diverse perspectives on the complex and multidimensional relations between two islands that—once twin wings of the same bird—have ended up taking widely divergent historical and cultural trajectories.”—Peter Manuel, author of Caribbean Currents: Caribbean Music from Rumba to Reggae