Imaginary Connections of the Elusive Havana (1968-2017)

The purpose of this article is to analyze the concept of an elusive Havana in the cultural imaginary of the second half of the 20th century by focusing on essays, documentaries, books, and other cultural productions associated with María Zambrano, Alejo Carpentier, Dulce María Loynaz, Guill...

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Autor principal: Mirabal, Elizabeth
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades 2023
Materias:
Havana
elusive city
María Zambrano
Alejo Carpentier
Dulce María Loynaz
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Anna Veltfort
La Habana
ciudad esquiva
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/recial/article/view/41371
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spelling I10-R377-article-413712023-07-08T21:26:23Z Imaginary Connections of the Elusive Havana (1968-2017) Conexiones imaginarias de La Habana esquiva (1968-2017) Mirabal, Elizabeth Havana elusive city María Zambrano Alejo Carpentier Dulce María Loynaz Guillermo Cabrera Infante Anna Veltfort La Habana ciudad esquiva María Zambrano Alejo Carpentier Dulce María Loynaz Guillermo Cabrera Infante Anna Veltfort The purpose of this article is to analyze the concept of an elusive Havana in the cultural imaginary of the second half of the 20th century by focusing on essays, documentaries, books, and other cultural productions associated with María Zambrano, Alejo Carpentier, Dulce María Loynaz, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, and Anna Veltfort. The questions animating this work are: Why does Havana become elusive for writers with differing levels of proximity to the city? How do they articulate the traces of that elusive Havana? My essay proposes that beyond the conception of an open, permissive, hospitable city, the epitome of the tourist space and even a sanctuary for people from different parts of the world, another city coexists, not only understood as a disdainful, rough, and sullen space, but also as a space that seeks to avoid itself, that withdraws, excuses itself and becomes elusive or violent. Like the representation of the city in the landscapes of the painter René Portocarrero, in the elusive Havana, the confusion is given by motley and overlapping meanings, colors, and textures. The plethora of experiences and sensations reaches levels of supersaturation that end up as mirages: The city simulates a complete transparency, but it is precisely in that excess wherein lies the disguise. Este estudio analiza el concepto de La Habana esquiva en el imaginario cultural de la segunda mitad del siglo XX a través de ensayos, documentales, libros y otras producciones culturales asociadas a María Zambrano, Alejo Carpentier, Dulce María Loynaz, Guillermo Cabrera Infante y Anna Veltfort. Las preguntas que animan este trabajo son: ¿Por qué La Habana deviene esquiva para escritores con distintos niveles de proximidad hacia la ciudad? ¿Cómo se expresan las trazas de esa Habana evasiva? La premisa del presente ensayo es que, junto a la concepción de la urbe abierta, permisiva, hospitalaria, epítome del espacio turístico e incluso santuario para personas de disímiles partes del mundo, coexiste otra, no solo entendida como espacio desdeñoso, áspero y huraño, sino también como un lugar que busca evitarse, que se retrae, se excusa y, se hace inasible o se violenta. Semejante a la representación de la ciudad en los paisajes del pintor René Portocarrero, en La Habana elusiva la confusión está dada por el abigarramiento y la superposición de sentidos, colores y texturas. El maremágnum de experiencias y sensaciones alcanza niveles de sobresaturación que terminan provocando espejismos: la ciudad simula exhibirse en su totalidad, pero en ese exceso está el disfraz.   Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades 2023-07-08 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/recial/article/view/41371 10.53971/2718.658x.v14.n23.41371 Recial; Vol. 14 Núm. 23 (2023): Dossier: Configuraciones de La Habana en las escrituras-texturas cubanas recientes; 106-130 2718-658X 1853-4112 10.53971/2718.658x.v14.n23 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/recial/article/view/41371/41814 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/recial/article/view/41371/41927 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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topic Havana
elusive city
María Zambrano
Alejo Carpentier
Dulce María Loynaz
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Anna Veltfort
La Habana
ciudad esquiva
María Zambrano
Alejo Carpentier
Dulce María Loynaz
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Anna Veltfort
spellingShingle Havana
elusive city
María Zambrano
Alejo Carpentier
Dulce María Loynaz
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Anna Veltfort
La Habana
ciudad esquiva
María Zambrano
Alejo Carpentier
Dulce María Loynaz
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Anna Veltfort
Mirabal, Elizabeth
Imaginary Connections of the Elusive Havana (1968-2017)
topic_facet Havana
elusive city
María Zambrano
Alejo Carpentier
Dulce María Loynaz
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Anna Veltfort
La Habana
ciudad esquiva
María Zambrano
Alejo Carpentier
Dulce María Loynaz
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Anna Veltfort
author Mirabal, Elizabeth
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title Imaginary Connections of the Elusive Havana (1968-2017)
title_short Imaginary Connections of the Elusive Havana (1968-2017)
title_full Imaginary Connections of the Elusive Havana (1968-2017)
title_fullStr Imaginary Connections of the Elusive Havana (1968-2017)
title_full_unstemmed Imaginary Connections of the Elusive Havana (1968-2017)
title_sort imaginary connections of the elusive havana (1968-2017)
description The purpose of this article is to analyze the concept of an elusive Havana in the cultural imaginary of the second half of the 20th century by focusing on essays, documentaries, books, and other cultural productions associated with María Zambrano, Alejo Carpentier, Dulce María Loynaz, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, and Anna Veltfort. The questions animating this work are: Why does Havana become elusive for writers with differing levels of proximity to the city? How do they articulate the traces of that elusive Havana? My essay proposes that beyond the conception of an open, permissive, hospitable city, the epitome of the tourist space and even a sanctuary for people from different parts of the world, another city coexists, not only understood as a disdainful, rough, and sullen space, but also as a space that seeks to avoid itself, that withdraws, excuses itself and becomes elusive or violent. Like the representation of the city in the landscapes of the painter René Portocarrero, in the elusive Havana, the confusion is given by motley and overlapping meanings, colors, and textures. The plethora of experiences and sensations reaches levels of supersaturation that end up as mirages: The city simulates a complete transparency, but it is precisely in that excess wherein lies the disguise.
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