Canada : Concordia University, Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Location:
Library, University of Illinois
Related Item Details:
31(61) : 252-254
Notes:
Fernando Valerio-Holguín discusses Ignacio López-Calvo's "God and Trujillo" and the impact of Trujillo's dictatorship on Dominican and Latin American culture. In this discussion of López Calvo's work, Valerio Holguín notes that "God and Trujillo" not only focuses on Dominican literature, but Latin American literature including, among others, that of Gabriel García Márquez.
Sarduy discusses Ned Sublette's work "Cuba and Its Music: From the First drums to the Mambo" and the importance of Cuban music throughout its culture. In the article Sarduy paraphrases Gabriel García Márquez and states that "it might be said that Cuba's musical history is not how it was lived by the musicians and their fans but how it has been remembered and told."