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Item Details
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HAVANA HABIT
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| By: |
Gustavo Perez Firmat |
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Paperback |
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£24.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0300177895 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780300177893 |
| Publisher: |
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 February, 2012 |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
Cuba, an island 750 miles long, with a population of about 11 million, lies less than 100 miles off the US coast. Yet the island's influences on America's cultural imagination are extensive and deeply ingrained. In this title, the author probes the importance of Havana, and of greater Cuba, in the cultural history of the United States. |
| Synopsis: |
An acclaimed poet and critic presents an affectionate examination of Cuba in America's cultural imagination."This short, breezy, and often amusing examination of American perceptions of Cuba is both timely and informative. . . . Perez Firmat has handled this topic with a light, humorous touch without diminishing its more serious aspects."-Jay Freeman, Booklist "Mr. Perez Firmat catalogs the ways in which Cuba has influenced American tastes and infiltrated American culture . . . to suggest the pride of place Havana once had in the American imagination."-Eric Felten, Wall Street Journal"A tale of two closely tied cultures, The Havana Habit is told with both elan and humor."-Oscar Hijuelos, author of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Yale University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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