Multiple Havana. Historical imaginaries and urban experiences in Cuban literature

In this paper I analyze some urban imaginaries of Cuban literature that are produced between the mid-20th century and the 21st century. In the first section I describe the city that Antonio José Ponte builds in “Un arte de hacer ruinas” and I compare that fragmented city with the organic imaginaries...

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Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades 2023
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spelling I10-R377-article-413692025-11-29T20:15:31Z Multiple Havana. Historical imaginaries and urban experiences in Cuban literature La Habana múltiple. Imaginarios históricos y experiencias urbanas en la literatura cubana Iriarte, Ignacio city Havana Moscow narrative ciudad La Habana Moscú narrativa In this paper I analyze some urban imaginaries of Cuban literature that are produced between the mid-20th century and the 21st century. In the first section I describe the city that Antonio José Ponte builds in “Un arte de hacer ruinas” and I compare that fragmented city with the organic imaginaries of José Lezama Lima and Alejo Carpentier. I propose as a hypothesis that the changes in the way of understanding Havana are linked to the dissolution of the Socialist Bloc. In the second section I examine the importance of Russian-Cuban relations to understand the city and for this I analyze the film Soy Cuba, by Mikhail Kalatózov, and La mala memoria de Padilla. In the third section I describe the film The Work of the Century (2015) to think about the fracture of that relationship and the impact that this fracture has on the city. In the following section I contrast the different urban experiences that are appear, on one hand, in the books by Ponte and Iván de la Nuez and, on the other, in the most recent novel 9550: una posible interpretación del azul (2014), by Abel Arcos. In the conclusions I reflect on the current experience of the city from the imaginary that this last writer proposes. En este trabajo analizo algunos imaginarios urbanos de la literatura cubana que se producen entre mediados del siglo XX y el siglo XXI. En el primer apartado describo la ciudad que Antonio José Ponte construye en “Un arte de hacer ruinas” y comparo esa ciudad fragmentada con los imaginarios orgánicos de José Lezama Lima y Alejo Carpentier. Propongo como hipótesis que los cambios en la forma de comprender La Habana están vinculados con la disolución del Bloque Socialista. En el segundo apartado examino la importancia de las relaciones ruso-cubanas para comprender la ciudad y para esto me detengo en una película de Mijail Kalatózov (Soy Cuba) y La mala memoria, de Padilla. En el tercer apartado abordo la película La obra del siglo (2015) para pensar la fractura de esa relación y el impacto que ésta tiene sobre la ciudad. En el siguiente contrasto las experiencias urbanas distintas que se registran, por un lado, en los libros de Ponte e Iván de la Nuez y, por el otro, en la novela más reciente 9550: una posible interpretación del azul (2014), de Abel Arcos. En las conclusiones reflexiono sobre la experiencia actual de la ciudad a partir del imaginario que construye este último escritor. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades 2023-07-09 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/recial/article/view/41369 10.53971/2718.658x.v14.n23.41369 Recial; Vol. 14 Núm. 23 (2023): Dossier: Configuraciones de La Habana en las escrituras-texturas cubanas recientes; 59-71 2718-658X 1853-4112 10.53971/2718.658x.v14.n23 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/recial/article/view/41369/41811 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/recial/article/view/41369/41946 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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Havana
Moscow
narrative
ciudad
La Habana
Moscú
narrativa
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Havana
Moscow
narrative
ciudad
La Habana
Moscú
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Iriarte, Ignacio
Multiple Havana. Historical imaginaries and urban experiences in Cuban literature
topic_facet city
Havana
Moscow
narrative
ciudad
La Habana
Moscú
narrativa
author Iriarte, Ignacio
author_facet Iriarte, Ignacio
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title Multiple Havana. Historical imaginaries and urban experiences in Cuban literature
title_short Multiple Havana. Historical imaginaries and urban experiences in Cuban literature
title_full Multiple Havana. Historical imaginaries and urban experiences in Cuban literature
title_fullStr Multiple Havana. Historical imaginaries and urban experiences in Cuban literature
title_full_unstemmed Multiple Havana. Historical imaginaries and urban experiences in Cuban literature
title_sort multiple havana. historical imaginaries and urban experiences in cuban literature
description In this paper I analyze some urban imaginaries of Cuban literature that are produced between the mid-20th century and the 21st century. In the first section I describe the city that Antonio José Ponte builds in “Un arte de hacer ruinas” and I compare that fragmented city with the organic imaginaries of José Lezama Lima and Alejo Carpentier. I propose as a hypothesis that the changes in the way of understanding Havana are linked to the dissolution of the Socialist Bloc. In the second section I examine the importance of Russian-Cuban relations to understand the city and for this I analyze the film Soy Cuba, by Mikhail Kalatózov, and La mala memoria de Padilla. In the third section I describe the film The Work of the Century (2015) to think about the fracture of that relationship and the impact that this fracture has on the city. In the following section I contrast the different urban experiences that are appear, on one hand, in the books by Ponte and Iván de la Nuez and, on the other, in the most recent novel 9550: una posible interpretación del azul (2014), by Abel Arcos. In the conclusions I reflect on the current experience of the city from the imaginary that this last writer proposes.
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