Cuban Condition Translation and Identity in Modern Cuban Literature

Firmat explores the process of assimilation or transculturation in the case of Cuba, and proposes a new understanding of the issue of Cuban national identity through revisionary readings dating from the early decades of the twentieth century, a time of intense self-reflection in the nation's history. He argues that Cuban identity is translational rather than foundational and that cubanìa emerges from a nuanced, self-conscious recasting of foreign models.Firmat, Gustavo Pérez is the author of 'Cuban Condition Translation and Identity in Modern Cuban Literature', published 1989 under ISBN 9780521327473 and ISBN 0521327474.