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Iraida H Lopez
University Press of Florida

Impossible Returns: Narratives of the Cuban Diaspora

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AuthorIraida H Lopez
PublisherUniversity Press of Florida
PublishedFeb 09 2018
Book FormatPaperback
ISBN-139780813064666
Dimensions9.02 X 5.98 X 0.7 inches
Weight 1.01 pounds
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CategoriesLiterary Criticism > Caribbean & Latin American
LanguageEnglish

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In this one-of-a-kind volume, Iraida L�pez explores various narratives of return by those who left Cuba as children or adolescents. Including memoirs, semi-autobiographical fiction, and visual arts, many of these accounts feature a physical arrival on the island while others depict a metaphorical or vicarious experience by means of fictional characters or childhood reminiscences. As two-way migration increases in the post-Cold War period, many of these narratives put to the test the boundaries of national identity. Through a critical reading of works by Cuban American artists and writers like Mar�a Brito, Ruth Behar, Carlos Eire, Cristina Garc�a, Ana Mendieta, Gustavo P�rez Firmat, Ernesto Pujol, Achy Obejas, and Ana Men�ndez, L�pez highlights the affective ties as well as the tensions underlying the relationship between returning subjects and their native country. Impossible Returns also looks at how Cubans still living on the island depict returning �migr�s in their own narratives, addressing works by Jes�s D�az, Humberto Sol�s, Carlos Acosta, Nancy Alonso, Leonardo Padura, and others. Blurring the lines between disciplines and geographic borders, this book underscores the centrality of Cuba for its diaspora and bears implications for other countries with widespread populations in exile.

Author Bio

Iraida H Lopez is Professor of Spanish language and literature at the Ramapo College Of New Jersey. Her teaching interests cover Hispanic Caribbean Literature and Popular Culture, New York as a Latino Cityscape, Latin American Literature since 1910, Capstone Seminar: Rewriting Hispanic Identity Constructions, Hispanic Women’s Voices and Images, Latin American Culture and Society and all levels of Spanish.

Professor Lopez's research interests include Memoirs and Autobiography, Women’s Writings, Latino/a Literature, Caribbean Literature and Popular Culture, and Contemporary Latin American Fiction.

Education
B.A., magna cum laude, The City College, CUNY
M.A., The City College, CUNY
Ph.D., The City University of New York

Source: Ramapo College Of New Jersey

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