LEADER 02761nam 2200577 450 001 9910464036403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8743-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000529384 035 $a(EBL)1644078 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001132429 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11729098 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001132429 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11147593 035 $a(PQKB)10349873 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1644078 035 $a(OCoLC)871781778 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse32937 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1644078 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10845673 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000529384 100 $a20140317h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe island called paradise $eCuba in history, literature, and the arts /$fPhilip D. Beidler 210 1$aTuscaloosa, Alabama :$cUniversity Alabama Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (206 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-1820-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 330 $aA 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, and astonishing history of the island of Cuba and the interrelatedness of Cuba and the U.S. Cuba first entered Beidler's consciousness in the early 1960's when he watched with mesmerized anxiety the televised reports of the Cuban missile crisis, a conflict that reduced a... 606 $aNational characteristics, Cuban 607 $aCuba$xIn popular culture 607 $aCuba$xIn literature 607 $aCuba$vIn art 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNational characteristics, Cuban. 676 $a972.91 700 $aBeidler$b Philip D.$0986352 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464036403321 996 $aThe island called paradise$92444072 997 $aUNINA