Don E. (Hrsg.) Walicek

Guantánamo and American Empire

The Humanities Respond

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This book explores the humanities as an insightful platform for understanding and responding to the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, other manifestations of Guantánamo, and the contested place of freedom in American Empire. It presents the work of scholars and writers based in Cuba's Guantánamo 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… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Adams, Jessica (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-3-319-87276-6
EAN: 9783319872766
Produktnummer: 31771686
Verlag: Springer Nature EN
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 302 S.
Masse: 1 Ex.; H21.0 cm x B14.8 cm 435 g
Auflage: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Abbildungen: Previously published in hardcover; schwarz-weiss Illustrationen
Gewicht: 435
Sonstiges: Research

Über den Autor

Don E. Walicek is Associate Professor of English and Linguistics in the College of Humanities at the University of Puerto Rico's Río Piedras Campus. He is the Editor of the journal Sargasso and the author of numerous chapters and articles on language and social life in the Caribbean. Jessica Adams is Assistant Professor of English and a member of the General Studies faculty at the University of Puerto Rico's Río Piedras Campus. Her previous publications include Wounds of Returning: Race, Memory, and Property on the Post-Slavery Plantation.