Resumen de Geographies of Identity in Cuban American Narrative
The second half of the twentieth century has been flogged by civil clashes in countries where concepts like nation, homeland, citizenship and state are being called into question. Besides, increasing migratory trends have transformed countries such as the United States where there are more and more individuals who wonder about their place in the world and about the validity of social, cultural and political concepts on which their identity used to rest. After the exile, a redefinition of the aforementioned concepts can be observed in Cuban American narrative works such as the novels by Roberto Fernandez and Cristina Garcia.
This revision of concepts related to culture, homeland and national identity is especially relevant in Cuban American literature since it is carried out by a group of people who share a fundamental characteristic: the distance from a native land which is the source of great part of their cultural heritage. Furthermore, the geographical element, that is, the real referent of a country or state with geographical limits is going to be an axiomatic element in this process of redefinition of Cuban American identity as it is reflected in the production of literary spaces.
