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OverviewImmediately after the Cuban Revolution, Havana fostered an important transnational intellectual and cultural scene. Later, Castro would strictly impose his vision of Cuban culture on the populace and the United States would bar its citizens from traveling to the island, but for these few fleeting years the Cuban capital was steeped in many liberal and revolutionary ideologies and influences. Some of the most prominent figures in the Beat Movement, including Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Amiri Baraka, were attracted to the new Cuba as a place where people would be racially equal, sexually free, and politically enfranchised. What they experienced had resounding and lasting literary effects both on their work and on the many writers and artists they encountered and fostered. Todd Tietchen clearly documents the multiple ways in which the Beats engaged with the scene in Havana. He also demonstrates that even in these early years the Beat movement expounded a diverse but identifiable politics. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Todd F. TietchenPublisher: University Press of Florida Imprint: University Press of Florida Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.30cm Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9780813054629ISBN 10: 0813054621 Pages: 210 Publication Date: 31 March 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAs an early supporter of the original non-Communist Cuban revolution, I much appreciate this story of the involvement of American beat poets with the Fidelista cause. Dubbed the 'Cubalogues,' their interaction with Cuban editors and poets is a unique part of Cuban cultural history, and it needs to be told to an American audience. --Lawrence Ferlinghetti An exciting, timely, and wide-ranging intervention which reassesses the Beat Movement, the Beat canon, Cold War politics, and the Cuban Revolution. . . . A tight, lively and skillful presentation of the topic. --Sarah MacLachlan, author of The Cambridge Introduction to Chicano/a Literature and Culture As an early supporter of the original non-Communist Cuban revolution, I much appreciate this story of the involvement of American beat poets with the Fidelista cause. Dubbed the 'Cubalogues,' their interaction with Cuban editors and poets is a unique part of Cuban cultural history, and it needs to be told to an American audience. --Lawrence Ferlinghetti An exciting, timely, and wide-ranging intervention which reassesses the Beat Movement, the Beat canon, Cold War politics, and the Cuban Revolution... A tight, lively and skillful presentation of the topic. --Sarah MacLachlan, author of The Cambridge Introduction to Chicano/a Literature and Culture Author InformationTodd F. Tietchen is assistant professor of English at Union County College in Cranford and Elizabeth, New Jersey. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |