Consumir Cuba

[EN]In this essay, I explore the conditions of production and circulation of post-Soviet Cuban art and literature. I look into both the internal conditions of production and the acute dependency on foreign cultural consecrating agents, especially from Spain. I content that the degree in which these...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: de Ferrari, Guillermina
Format: Article
Publication date:2012
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repository:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
OAI Identifier:oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/133547
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10366/133547
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Cuba
Arte
Literatura
Mercado
Hiperrealismo
Art
Literature
Market
Hyperrealism
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Summary:[EN]In this essay, I explore the conditions of production and circulation of post-Soviet Cuban art and literature. I look into both the internal conditions of production and the acute dependency on foreign cultural consecrating agents, especially from Spain. I content that the degree in which these factors play a material and conceptual role is so defining that a conversation of influence, commercialization and compromise should be replaced by that of Cuba as a curated culture.