The Cuban Republic and JosZ Mart' Reception and Use of a National Symbol

by Font, Mauricio; Quiroz, Alfonso; Estrade, Paul; Ette, Ottmar; Font, Mauricio A.; Goncalves, Joao Felipe; Guerra, Lillian; Lomas, Laura; Lopez, Antonio; Matos, Jose; Montero, Oscar; Orovio, Consuelo Naranjo; Quiroz, Alfonso W.; Rojas, Rafael, Jr.; Schulman

• ISBN13: 9780739112250
• ISBN10: 0739112252
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-09
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Jose Marti contributed greatly to Cuba's struggle for independence from Spain with words as well as revolutionary action. Although he died before the formation of an independent republic, he has since been hailed as a heroic martyr inspiring Cuban republican traditions. During the twentieth century, traditionally nationalistic literature has reinforced an uncritical idealization of Marti and his influence. However, new approaches have recently explored the formation, reception, uses and abuses of the Marti myth. The essays in this volume analyze the influence of Jose Marti - poet, scholar, and revolutionary - on the formation of often-competing national identities in post-independence Cuba. By exploring the diverse representations and interpretations of Marti, they provide a critical analysis of the ways in which both the left and right have used his political and literary legacies to argue their version of contemporary Cuban "reality."

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Cuban Republic and Jose Marti	1	(6)
Mauricio A. Font
Alfonso W. Quiroz
Part I: Building Nation and Cult of Marti
``Otro gallo cantaria'': Essay on the First Cuban Republicanism	7	(11)
Rafael Rojas
The ``Apostle'' in Stone: Nationalism and Monuments in Honor of Jose Marti	18	(16)
Joao Felipe Goncalves
The Struggle to Redefine Marti and ``Cuba Libre'' in the 1920s	34	(19)
Lillian Guerra
Part II: Revolutionary Legacies
``Rights Are Taken, Not Pleaded'': Jose Marti and the Cult of the Recourse to Violence in Cuba	53	(18)
Rafael E. Tarrago
Marti in Cuban Schools	71	(11)
Alfonso W. Quiroz
Jose Marti, pilar de la Revolucion Cubana	82	(13)
Paul Estrade
Part III: Marti from the United States
Jose Marti against Race	95	(20)
Oscar Montero
Jose Marti between Nation and Empire: Latino Cultural Critique at the Intersection of the Americas	115	(13)
Laura Lomas
Chronicling Empire: Jose Marti on the Avenue of the Americas	128	(7)
Antonio Lopez
Construyendo la imagen literaria de Marti en los Estados Unidos	135	(14)
Ivan A. Schulman
Part IV: Forming Identities
Jose Marti en la obra de Fernando Ortiz	149	(6)
Jose Matos
Inmigracion espanola e imaginario nacional en Cuba, 1900--1920	155	(15)
Consuelo Naranjo Orovio
Marti y la emigracion cubana de Yucatan frente al nacimiento de la Republica (1902-1925)	170	(10)
Carlos E. Bojorquez Urzaiz
Gender Trouble: Jose Marti and Juana Borrero	180	(15)
Ottmar Ette
Notes	195	(40)
Bibliography	235	(18)
Index	253	(12)
About the Contributors	265