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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451733203321

Autore

Whitfield Esther Katheryn

Titolo

Cuban currency [[electronic resource] ] : the dollar and special period fiction / / Esther Whitfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2008

ISBN

0-8166-5396-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Collana

Cultural studies of the Americas ; ; v. 21

Disciplina

863.70997291

863/.64093553

Soggetti

Cuban literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Authorship - Economic aspects - Cuba - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-210) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Selling like hot bread : new money, new markets -- Dollar trouble : the roots of special period fiction -- Covering for banknotes : books, money, and the Cuban short story -- Markets in the margins : the allure of Centro Habana -- The ruined city : artists and spectators of decay.

Sommario/riassunto

Cuban Currency is the first book to address the effects on Cuban literature of the countryÕs spectacular opening to foreign markets that marked the end of the twentieth century. Exploring the work of ZoŽ ValdŽs, Pedro Juan GutiŽrrez, Antonio JosŽ Ponte, and others, Esther Whitfield draws out writersÕ engagements with the troublesome commodification of Cuban identity.