Photographic Ekphrasis in Cuban-American Fiction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louisa Söllner
Keyword(s):  
American Fiction ◽  
Cuban American

scholarly journals The problematic of identity-memory in the Cuban-American fiction of Cristina García and Achy Obejas

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 93-102
Author(s):  
Mónica Fernández Jiménez
Keyword(s):  
Second Generation ◽  
Historical Memory ◽  
Cristina Garcia ◽  
American Fiction ◽  
Cuban American ◽  
Achy Obejas ◽  
Identity Conflicts ◽  
Cristina García ◽  
American Authors

Cuban-American authors Cristina García and Achy Obejas denote in their fictional works concerns regarding the fragmented memory of second-generation Cuban-American immigrants. Owing to the turbulent political origin of this exiled community, the characters of these works have identity conflicts related to the difficulty of accessing the historical memory of their ancestors’ land and community. However, as the narratives progress, the source of these conflicts proves to be the nationalist approach to identification which they end up challenging by relating themselves to history, memory, and identity in alternative postnational ways. The protagonists of these works, thus, contest traditional postulates in the study of memory like those of Maurice Halbwachs, who believed that the historical memory of a nation had an important role in determining the individual’s identity.  

Displacements and Autobiography in Cuban-American Fiction

1994 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Alvarez-Borland
Keyword(s):  
American Fiction ◽  
Cuban American

Do Cuban American, Preadolescent Females Suffer From Eating Disorders?

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Drozd ◽  
Irene M. Bravo ◽  
Niurka Santana
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Cuban American

Recent Books: American Fiction

1969 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 372-378
Author(s):  
Richard Lehan
Keyword(s):  
American Fiction
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