Gay Cuban Nation
by Emilio Bejel

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Book Review: A splendid introduction to homosexuality in Cuban literature
Summary: 5 Stars

There is little in the way of comparison to nationalism in other places in this book and some surprising exclusions (especially Arenas's fiction and that of Virglio Pi?era, now the martyred saint of younger gay Cuban writers). What Bejel has to say about the set of texts he discusses is almost always insightful, particularly about nuances of class differences and the long-running demonization of cities (paralleling the Jeffersonian tradition in the US). I am not convinced that some of the texts about which he writes (with the exception of "Strawberry and chocolate") reflect or have shaped Cuban nation-building (even in the sense of developing an "imagined community"). In addition to some doubts about the salience of some of the examples he selected I would have found more about the reception (especially any incorporation into standard Cuban school curricula) useful. Nonetheless, this is an outstanding and insight-filled reflection on homosexuality, homophobia, literature, and nation-building in Cuba from 1889 to 1997.

Summary of Gay Cuban Nation

History Books

• Gay & Lesbian
• Nonfiction > General
• Literature & Fiction > World Literature > United States > Classics > General
• General
• Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Special Groups
• General