This book explores the humanities as an insightful platform for understanding and responding to the military prison at Guant�namo Bay, other manifestations of "Guant�namo," and the contested place of freedom in American Empire. It presents the work of scholars and writers based in Cuba's Guant�namo Province and various parts of the US. Its essays, short stories, poetry, and other texts engage the far-reaching meaning and significance of Gitmo by bringing together what happens on the U.S. side of the fence-or "la cerca ...
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This book explores the humanities as an insightful platform for understanding and responding to the military prison at Guant�namo Bay, other manifestations of "Guant�namo," and the contested place of freedom in American Empire. It presents the work of scholars and writers based in Cuba's Guant�namo Province and various parts of the US. Its essays, short stories, poetry, and other texts engage the far-reaching meaning and significance of Gitmo by bringing together what happens on the U.S. side of the fence-or "la cerca," as it is called in Cuba-with perspectives from the outside world. Chapters include critiques of artistic renderings of the Guant�namo region; historical narratives contemplating the significance of freedom; analyses of the ways the base and region inform the Cuban imaginary; and fiction and poetry published for the first time in English. Not simply a critique of imperialism, this volume presents politically engaged commentary that suggests a way forward for a site of global contact and conflict.
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New. 302 p. New Caribbean Studies . 11 Illustrations, black and white; XXIX, 302 p. 11 illus. Intended for college/higher education audience. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.