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Over the Waves and Other Stories / Sobre las Olas y Otros Cuentos
Ines Maria Martiatu
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Description for Over the Waves and Other Stories / Sobre las Olas y Otros Cuentos
Hardback. A collection of short stories that provides an intimate and critical view of Afro-Cuba. It confronts conflicts about identity, race, marginalization, and discrimination. Translator(s): Harris, Emmanuel. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FYB; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Appearing for the first time outside of Cuba, this bold collection of short stories provides an intimate and critical view of Afro-Cuba. Ines Maria Martiatu's stories - presented here in the original Spanish, with facing-page English translations - span postcolonial Cuba of the early twentieth century, the First Republic, the 'victorious revolution,' and contemporary life in the streets of Havana.Taking real risks as an Afro-Cubana, Martiatu confronts conflicts about identity, race, marginalization, and discrimination. The history of the Caribbean, as part of the African diaspora, is reflected in the textures of life in Cuba, its music, rituals and myths, the ... Read more
Appearing for the first time outside of Cuba, this bold collection of short stories provides an intimate and critical view of Afro-Cuba. Ines Maria Martiatu's stories - presented here in the original Spanish, with facing-page English translations - span postcolonial Cuba of the early twentieth century, the First Republic, the 'victorious revolution,' and contemporary life in the streets of Havana.Taking real risks as an Afro-Cubana, Martiatu confronts conflicts about identity, race, marginalization, and discrimination. The history of the Caribbean, as part of the African diaspora, is reflected in the textures of life in Cuba, its music, rituals and myths, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Swan Isle Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9780974888156
SKU
V9780974888156
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About Ines Maria Martiatu
Ines Maria Martiatu is a writer, theater critic, and cultural historian. Her other published works include Rite as Representation, Caribbean Ritual Theatre, and Something Good and Interesting. She lives in Havana. Emmanuel Harris II is assistant professor of Spanish at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. He is the translator of Malambo, also published by Swan Isle Press.
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