Par Kumaraswami Knihy

Focusing on the social functions of literature in contemporary Cuba, this study examines the interplay between cultural policy and literary practices. It reveals how literature serves both elite and mass culture, emphasizing its social significance over aesthetic or political value. By analyzing the evolution of policy since 1959 and presenting case studies, the work highlights literature's role in shaping identity, fostering community, and enabling self-definition in a shifting market-oriented landscape.

This book collects essays which discuss women’s representation of women and the war story in Latin American literature, looking in particular at their experiences, historical contexts, and their political and creative aims. This collection draws together for the first time a range of narratives of conflict and revolution as represented by Latin American women writers. By embracing a broad definition of conflict and by engaging with a wide range of narratives of conflict, it provides a space for multiple and complex versions of subjectivity, writing and experience-in-conflict to co-exist.

Exploring the interplay between literature and the Cuban Revolution, this book draws on original interviews with over 100 participants and extensive documentary research. It provides fresh insights and challenges established beliefs about the role of literary culture during this transformative period in Cuba, revealing the intricate ways literature has been both influenced by and has influenced revolutionary ideals.