{"product_id":"9781349720286","title":"The Social Life of Literature in Revolutionary Cuba: Narrative, Identity, and Well-being","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Social Life of Literature in Revolutionary Cuba: Narrative, Identity, and Well-being\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eKumaraswami, Par\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study explores  the social functions of literature from the perspective of policymakers,  writers, readers and residents in contemporary Cuba. It provides a new  perspective on post-59 Cuban literature that underlines how cultural policy  has made literature a hybrid activity between elite and mass culture, with  inherent social, rather than aesthetic or political, value. Whilst many  traditional studies of Cuban literature assume either its subjugation to  politics and ideology or, conversely, its role in resisting political  discourse via a rather naïve notion of artistic freedom, this project explores  the varied, dynamic and multiple ways in which literature works in Cuban  society: as a catalyst for identity construction aimed at consensus and belonging,  but also as an instrument of self-differentiation and self-definition, even in  the more recent context of a more market-oriented system. The study reviews  policy from 1959 to the present, and presents contemporary casestudies  exploring the social functions of literature for writers, readers and ordinary  Havana residents. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2020-02-13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781349720286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1057\/978-1-137-55940-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 222\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44752399138956,"sku":"9781349720286","price":58.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781349720286.jpg?v=1776575711","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781349720286","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}