Identity, Memory, and Diaspora

Jorge J. E. Gracia is SUNY Distinguished Professor and Samuel P. Capen Chair in Philosophy at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. His many books include Race or Ethnicity? On Black and Latino Identity. Lynette M. F. Bosch is Professor of Art History at SUNY College at Geneseo and author of Cuban-American Art in Miami: Exile, Identity and the Neo-Baroque. Isabel Alvarez Borland is Monsignor Edward G. Murray Professor of Arts and Humanities at the College of the Holy Cross and author of Cuban-American Literature of Exile: From Person to Persona.

• PrefaceJorge J. E. Gracia The Cuban Diaspora: A Brief Chronology Part I. The Artists Lynette M. F. Bosch IdentitiesBaruj SalinasA Sense of PlaceHumberto CalzadaArt on ArtEmilio FaleroThe JugglerMaría BritoIf Quebec Were in the TropicsMario BencomoThe Human ConditionArturo RodríguezFor the ChildrenDemiA Search for UnityJuan Carlos LleraLandscapes of the MindAlberto Rey The Artists' Work Flow UpFuji-SanBaruj SalinasIsland in CrisisHumberto Calzada AcrossEmilio FaleroSelf-portrait as a SwanMaría BritoIf Quebec Were in the Tropics II Mario BencomoUntitledArturo Rodríguez An Artist's First PaintingDemi Fear of FlightJuan Carlos Llera Brown Trout—Hosmer CreekAlberto Rey Part II. The Writers Isabel Alvarez Borland Thinking in ImagesCarlos Eire What Sounds Good Also Rings TrueGustavo Pérez FirmatA Baratan ExperiencePablo MedinaWriting Without MasksVirgil SuárezEscaping the HumorsRoberto FernándezCrossing the Crest of ForgettingAna Menéndez The Writers' Work Treinta y CincoCarlos EireFire in MayTristeza de mamáGustavo Pérez FirmatDriving HomeRites of SpringRussian DollMirageThe Poet as an Old ManPablo Medina The Seed CollectorThe Trouble with FrogsVirgil SuárezNellieRoberto FernándezTravelling FoolsAna Menéndez Part III. The Philosophers Jorge J. E. Gracia Cuban, Hispanic, and Latina?Ofelia Schutte The Search for Identity Outside MiamiJorge J. E. GraciaCuban American or Latin American?Oscar MartíUniversalism or Particularism?Ernesto Sosa The Philosophers' Work Identities in TensionOfelia Schutte                                      Ethnic IdentityJorge J. E. GraciaBreaking with the Past                              Oscar MartíPhilosophy, the History of Philosophy, and Science                                       Ernesto Sosa BibliographyAbout the EditorsIndex

"In a pleasing innovation, each interview is paired with a sample of the subject's work: stories and poems from the writers, essays from the philosophers, and a section of colour plates for the artists. The issues they discuss—language, the notion of home, the burdens of history and the freedoms of being in a new place—are resonant within the evolving concept of a transnational Caribbean." — Caribbean Review of Books"Testifying to the idea that Cuba is a traveling nation, and a long tradition of Cuban art, literature, and philosophical thought is flourishing outside the island, Identity, Memory, and Diaspora provides evidence that refutes the essentialist claim that this nation and its culture are confined within its geographical boundaries." — Andrea O'Reilly Herrera, editor of Cuba: Idea of a Nation Displaced"This impressive book provides a solid, insightful, and provocative approach to Cuban-American intellectual and artistic production. It highlights the transnational status of Cuba in a way that no other text of its kind has done." — Raúl Rubio, Wellesley College