The Resource A gay Cuban activist in exile : Reinaldo Arenas, Rafael Ocasio
A gay Cuban activist in exile : Reinaldo Arenas, Rafael Ocasio
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The item A gay Cuban activist in exile : Reinaldo Arenas, Rafael Ocasio represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Liverpool.
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- Summary
- Between Reinaldo Arenas's arrival in the United States in 1980 and his suicide a decade later, the Cuban exile produced his most mature writing, a prolific body of work that Rafael Ocasio places at the intersection of twentieth-century sexual and cultural politics. Examining Arenas's fiction, critical articles, the epic poem El Central, and hundreds of letters to friends and critics, Ocasio explores the writer's bold criticism of the Castro regime and his bitter conflict with notable pro-Castro supporters such as Gabriel García Marquez. He connects Arenas's political activism to his public sexual identity and fierce advocacy of homosexuality, including his willingness to alienate Latino and Latin American audiences in order to remain true to his self-proclaimed identity. As much literary biography as interpretation, A Gay Cuban Activist in Exile also reveals that Arenas disguised and misused his criminal conviction in Cuba as a homosexual pederast, and discusses Arenas's posthumously published autobiography, Before Night Falls, which documents the last, HIV-positive years of his life
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 191 p.
- Contents
-
- Note on quotation of Arenas's works and letters
- 1.
- "Marielito" experience.
- p. 9
- 2.
- neophyte in political activism.
- p. 44
- 3.
- use of history in political activism.
- p. 76
- 4.
- sexual life of a queer activist.
- p. 113
- Isbn
- 9780813030890
- Label
- A gay Cuban activist in exile : Reinaldo Arenas
- Title
- A gay Cuban activist in exile
- Title remainder
- Reinaldo Arenas
- Statement of responsibility
- Rafael Ocasio
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Between Reinaldo Arenas's arrival in the United States in 1980 and his suicide a decade later, the Cuban exile produced his most mature writing, a prolific body of work that Rafael Ocasio places at the intersection of twentieth-century sexual and cultural politics. Examining Arenas's fiction, critical articles, the epic poem El Central, and hundreds of letters to friends and critics, Ocasio explores the writer's bold criticism of the Castro regime and his bitter conflict with notable pro-Castro supporters such as Gabriel García Marquez. He connects Arenas's political activism to his public sexual identity and fierce advocacy of homosexuality, including his willingness to alienate Latino and Latin American audiences in order to remain true to his self-proclaimed identity. As much literary biography as interpretation, A Gay Cuban Activist in Exile also reveals that Arenas disguised and misused his criminal conviction in Cuba as a homosexual pederast, and discusses Arenas's posthumously published autobiography, Before Night Falls, which documents the last, HIV-positive years of his life
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ocasio, Rafael
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Authors, Cuban
- Arenas, Reinaldo
- Arenas, Reinaldo
- Arenas, Reinaldo
- Label
- A gay Cuban activist in exile : Reinaldo Arenas, Rafael Ocasio
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-183) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Note on quotation of Arenas's works and letters
- 1.
- "Marielito" experience.
- p. 9
- 2.
- neophyte in political activism.
- p. 44
- 3.
- use of history in political activism.
- p. 76
- 4.
- sexual life of a queer activist.
- p. 113
- Control code
- ocm81943656
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 191 p.
- Isbn
- 9780813030890
- Lccn
- 2007004260
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Label
- A gay Cuban activist in exile : Reinaldo Arenas, Rafael Ocasio
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-183) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Note on quotation of Arenas's works and letters
- 1.
- "Marielito" experience.
- p. 9
- 2.
- neophyte in political activism.
- p. 44
- 3.
- use of history in political activism.
- p. 76
- 4.
- sexual life of a queer activist.
- p. 113
- Control code
- ocm81943656
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 191 p.
- Isbn
- 9780813030890
- Lccn
- 2007004260
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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