{"product_id":"corporeal-readings-of-cuban-literature-christina-m-garca-9781683404330","title":"Corporeal Readings of Cuban Literature and Art: The Body, the Inhuman, and Ecological Thinking","description":"\u003cb\u003eTracing corporeality and materiality\u003cbr\u003eacross Cuban texts and images of the twentieth century\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis\u003cbr\u003evolume looks at Cuban literature and art that challenge traditional\u003cbr\u003eassumptions about the body. Examining how writers and artists have depicted racial, \u003cbr\u003egender, and species differences throughout the past century, Christina Garc?a\u003cbr\u003eidentifies historical continuities in the way they have emphasized the shared\u003cbr\u003emateriality of bodies. Garc?a\u003cbr\u003eshows how these works interact with ecologies of the human and nonhuman across\u003cbr\u003ediverse media, time periods, and ideologies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGarc?a\u003cbr\u003eexamines corporeality in a variety of works, including the poetry of Nicol?s\u003cbr\u003eGuill?n and experimental writings of Severo Sarduy; transspecies drawings, \u003cbr\u003epaintings, and sculptures by Roberto Fabelo; Tom?s Guti?rrez Alea's popular\u003cbr\u003equeer film \u003ci\u003eFresa y chocolate\u003c\/i\u003e; and contemporary narrative fictions by\u003cbr\u003eEna Luc?a\u003cbr\u003ePortela, Antonio Jos? Ponte, and Ahmel Echevarr?a. Using the lenses of new\u003cbr\u003ematerialism, critical race studies, critical animal studies, queer studies, and\u003cbr\u003epoststructuralism, Garc?a engages with Cuban cultural production at the\u003cbr\u003eintersection of diverse social issues. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn\u003cbr\u003ethis book, Garc?a explores how certain artistic practices focus on portraying\u003cbr\u003eecological relationships instead of recognizable subjects or shared identity.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCorporeal Readings of Cuban Literature and Art\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that through\u003cbr\u003etheir attention to the connections that different kinds of bodies share, Cuban creators\u003cbr\u003ehave long undermined rules of classification and unification, reimagining\u003cbr\u003ecommunity as shared vulnerability and difference.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublication of this work made possible by a\u003cbr\u003eSustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the\u003cbr\u003eNational Endowment for the Humanities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christina M. Garc?a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1683404335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781683404330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Florida Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Christina M. Garc?a","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46825872261375,"sku":"9781683404330","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_19600c07-53f0-4446-b70c-94bb2721d795.jpg?v=1746073885","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/corporeal-readings-of-cuban-literature-christina-m-garca-9781683404330","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}