Cuban art critic and curator Iván de la Nuez explores the effects of the policies that have tried to constrain or liberate Cuba in recent decades in these sparkling essays of cultural criticism. Essays on Cuba and the Cuban diaspora, on racism and Big Data, Guantánamo and Reggaeton, soccer and baseball, Obama and the Rolling Stones, Europe and Donald Trump--de la Nuez approaches his criticism with singularity of purpose. In Cubanthropy he does not set out to explain Cuba to&nbsp;the world, but rather to put the world into a Cuban context. "Nothing explains our vexed world quite like Cuba and no one anywhere writes more brilliantly, more prophetically, more impossibly than Iván de la Nuez. As in all of his finest work, Cubanthropy delivers you beyond your old horizons into a realm of startling possibilities. Do not miss this extraordinary book or this extraordinary warlock of a writer." --Junot Díaz, author of This Is How You Lose Her "Cubanthropy may just be the smartest writing on Cuba--and beyond--I've read in ages. Insightful, unsparing, funny, and with an unerring eye for the paradoxical, Iván de la Nuez has written the definitive compilation on 21st-century Cuba. Essential reading for all who care about how the past, present, and future are disturbingly converging on the island, and off." --Cristina García, author of forthcoming Vanishing Maps

Cubanthropy: Two Futures That Happened While You Were Busy Thinking

Arts & Photography

de La Nuez, Iván

History & Criticism

Seven Stories Press

Daniel García Andújar's Postcapital: Archive 1989-2001 is an open digital databank installation that analyzes defining historical moments in late capitalism from the fall of the Berlin Wall to September 11, 2001. Andújar's particular concern is to show how western capitalist economies have changed in the absence of Communist counterparts.

Daniel García Andújar: Postcapital Archive 1989-2001

Roma, ValentÌn

Reference

Hatje Cantz

En La larga marca se reúnen dos de los títulos más representativos de Iván de la Nuez: Fantasía roja (2006) y El comunista manifiesto (2013). El primero reflexiona críticamente sobre el pensamiento de izquierda a propósito del deslumbramiento de intelectuales europeos y norteamericanos por la Revolución cubana; mientras que el segundo examina la tendencia fetichista, recicladora y nostálgica de la sociedad capitalista ante el comunismo y sus remanentes. Publicados en un solo volumen, estos dos libros adquieren una nueva dimensión y se presentan como dos caras de una misma moneda. Un viaje de ida y vuelta entre cultura y política con el estilo lúcido, creativo y provocador del ensayista cubano.

La larga marca (Comentarios Reales) (Spanish Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Rialta Ediciones

<div>Written between the socialist future of the Cold War and the neoliberal future of the years after it, Cubantropía is an acid criticism of both that covers the connections between Cuban culture and geopolitics in the global era. Zigzagging between the Berlin Wall and the Havana Malecon, this book traverses the recent clashes between market and democracy, digital age and postcolonialism, racism and the Big Data, Soccer and Baseball, and Europe and Donald Trump.</div>

Cubantropía (Pequenos Tratados, 16) (Spanish Edition)

Literature & Fiction

United States

Editorial Periferica

CIFO is pleased to present Adiós Utopia: Art in Cuba Since 1950, a publication that offers a new vision of artistic development and production and which centers on associations with the utopian spirit that defines Cuba's revolutionary period and its impact on art. Through research and critique, the publication establishes a meaningful dialogue that demystifies the preconceived narratives that have characterized Cuban art during the Revolution. Aesthetics, politics and culture are often inextricably interlinked in the artworks created during this period, which in turn exemplify the global transcendence of how art can respond to a dynamic context. This publication reveals a broad range of trends and approaches from the 1950s until the present, covering a variety of mediums such as painting, sculpture, installation, photography and poster art, among others. With over 150 images of artworks produced in Cuba during this time and more than 100 images from archival documents spanning over 60 years, the book includes essays by historians, art critics, curators, artists and other academics as well as a comprehensive chronology.

Adios Utopía. Art in Cuba since 1960

Weiss, Rachel

Mosquera, Gérardo

Eligio Tonel, Antonio

Vega, Elsa

Francisco, René

This Side Up

Adiós utopía: Arte en Cuba desde 1950

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