SIXTH CRI CONFERENCE ON CUBAN AND CUBAN AMERICAN STUDIES

SIXTH CRI CONFERENCE ON CUBAN AND CUBAN-AMERICAN STUDIES CUBA: POLITICS AND CULTURE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2006 FIU UNIVERSITY PARK, GRAHAM CENTER 8:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m. GRAHAM CENTER FOYER Registration & Coffee 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. EAST BALLROOM After the Centenary: New Perspectives on Alejo Carpentier Chair: Anke Birkenmaier Columbia University Discussant: James J. Pancrazio Illinois State University Voices from Afar: The Radio and the Gramophone in Carpentier’s Early Novels Anke Birkenmaier, Columbia University Alejo Carpentier: la consagración que se llevó Rafael E. Saumell, Sam Houston State University Cuba en el camino de Santiago: Alejo Carpentier y los orígenes de la nacionalidad cubana Alfredo A. Fernández, Texas A & M University CENTER BALLROOM Into the 21st Century: Cuba and the Former Soviet Union Co-Chairs: Jacqueline Loss University of Connecticut Mervyn J. Bain University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom 1 Sputniks en la Cuba castrista Juan Carlos Toledano Redondo, Lewis and Clark College Gorbachev and Cuba: His Legacy for Russian-Cuban Relations in the 1990s Mervyn J. Bain, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom Into the 21st Century: Cuba and the Ex-Soviet Bloc Jacqueline Loss, University of Connecticut WEST BALLROOM Espiritismo: From Queen Victoria and Conan Doyle to the Bohíos of the Caribbean Chair/Discussant: Terry Rey Temple University Espiritismo de Cordón and Espiritismo Cruzado in Eastern Cuba Nancy Mikelsons, independent scholar Venezuelan Espiritismo and the Cult of María Lionza Viviana Moreno, Florida International University Espiritismo: The Other Syncretic Afro-Cuban Religious Tradition Miguel Ramos, Florida International University Espiritismo and Botánicas from the Caribbean to Europe Jose Antonio Lammoglia, Temple University 10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Break 10:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. EAST BALLROOM Iconolatría, subversión y sedición en la literatura y el cine Chair: Stephen J. Clark Northern Arizona University La picaresca posmoderna de Pedro Juan Gutiérrez: nuevo periodismo y realismo sucio en la literatura cubana reciente Stephen J. Clark, Northern Arizona University Buscando a Enriqueta James J. Pancrazio, Illinois State University CENTER BALLROOM 2 Cuba in the 90s Chair/Discussant: Mark Entwistle, former Canadian ambassador to Cuba, Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute The Janus-Faced Character of Cuba’s Tourism Peter M. Sánchez, Loyola University Chicago Cuba’s Dedollarization Program: Political Motivations and Economic Impact Mario A. González Corzo, The City University of New York Island of Ambiguity: Informal Networks and Everyday Life in Cuba Roberto Armengol, University of Virginia Korda, Jesus and Hayek: The Logics of the Cuban Thermidor Arturo López-Levy, University of Denver WEST BALLROOM Views from the Library: Research on Cuba in the 21st Century Chair: Roberto Pacheco Florida International University Discussant: Mayra Nemeth Florida International University Internet Resources on Cuba: An Introduction and Evaluation Marian Goslinga, Florida International University The Cuban Heritage Collection: A Guide for Researchers Lesbia Varona, University of Miami Enciclopedia Discográfica de la Música Cubana, 1925-1960 Cristóbal Díaz Ayala, Fundación Musicalia 12:30 p.m – 1:00 p.m. GRAHAM CENTER FOYER Lunch available for purchase ($5.00 cash) 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. CENTER BALLROOM Keynote Panel – Cuba Now: Society, Politics, and Culture Chair: Damián Fernández Florida International University 3 Katrin Hansing, University of Bayreuth, Germany Velia Cecilia Bobes León, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), México, D.F. Lisandro Pérez, Florida International University 2:00 p.m.-2:15 p.m. Break 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m. EAST BALLROOM A través del espejo: cine cubano contemporáneo Chair: Alfredo A. Fernández Texas A & M University New Cuban Cinema for a New Century Jerry Carlson, The City University of New York Perfecto amor equivocado: entre la alta cultura y la cultura popular Olympia B. González, Loyola University Chicago CENTER BALLROOM Disquisiciones sobre ingeniería cultural: ¿podrá la transición ser feminista? Chair: Maida Donate-Armada Catholic Charities El silencio de las ovejas: mujer e identidad Isel Rivero, author Hombres al poder ¡doméstico!: por una democracia de género Isabel Holgado Fernández, Universidad de Barcelona De mujeres en sí, a mujeres para sí Mirta R. DeLuisa, Red Dominicana de Periodistas Las mujeres en la Europa del Este poscomunista Nilda Navarrete, Carolina University of Prague, Czech Republic En busca de un feminismo nacional Ileana Fuentes, Red Feminista Cubana 4 WEST BALLROOM Literatura, memoria e identidad Chair/Discussant: Gustavo Pellón University of Virginia Anatomía del infeliz Gustavo Pérez-Firmat, Columbia University La playa letrada: Miami en la escritura de sus poetas Emilio Ichikawa, independent scholar Searching for Gender Identity in Cuban-American Literature Eduardo del Río, University of Texas at Brownsville 4:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Break 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. EAST BALLROOM Poéticas de la memoria Chair: José Quiroga Emory University Discussant: Rafael Rojas Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), México, D.F. Memoria y diáspora Licia Fiol-Matta, Lehman College Pasión por los umbrales: poesía y política en Antón Arrufat Juan Carlos Quintero-Herencia, University of Maryland Palimpsesto cubano José Quiroga, Emory University De amnésicas antropofagias y palimpsestos revolucionarios: la memoria como historieta en Las aventuras de Elpidio Valdés Pedro P. Porbén, University of Michigan Figuras de la carencia en Antonio José Ponte Isabel Alvarez-Borland, College of the Holy Cross CENTER BALLROOM Ongoing Legal Research on Cuban and Cuban-American Studies 5 Chair: Antonio Zamora Hughes Hubbard & Reed, LLP, and US/Cuba Legal Forum, Inc. Discussant: José Gabilondo Florida International University Sociedades mercantiles y desarrollos inmobiliarios: Cuba y el Derecho Comparado Orlando Rivero Valdés, former professor of property and real estate law, University of Havana Real Estate in Cuba: Present and Future Antonio Zamora, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, LLP, and US/Cuba Legal Forum, Inc. Criminal Justice in Cuba Michael Amézaga, Michael Amézaga, P.A. Cuba’s Will: Testament and Heritance 2005 Sergio Méndez, Law Offices of Méndez & Méndez, P.A. Intellectual Property Law Jesús Sanchelima, Sanchelima and Associates, P.A. WEST BALLROOM Sexismo, racismo, machismo: obstáculos culturales a las políticas de género Chair: Madeline Cámara University of South Florida La mujer y el trabajo social en Cuba Maida Donate-Armada, Catholic Charities Violencia contra las mujeres: género y reforma legal Ofelia Nardo, Red Feminista Cubana Racismo y sexismo: donde los “ismos” se cruzan Vicky Ruiz Labrit, Colectiva Oviní Discursos de victimización en el trabajo sexual femenino en Cuba Araceli Alonso, University of Wisconsin-Madison Hacia un programa nacional de educación sexual Mónika Krause-Fuchs, independent scholar 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. 6 GRAHAM CENTER FOYER Reception Cocktails courtesy of Bacardí, U.S.A., Inc. 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. CENTER BALLROOM Keynote Panel – Cuban-American Writers Outside Miami Discuss their Current Work Chair/Discussant: Isabel Álvarez Borland College of the Holy Cross Roberto Fernández, Florida State University Gustavo Pérez Firmat, Columbia University Virgil Suarez, Florida State University Carlos Eire, Yale University Uva de Aragón, Florida International University TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2006 8:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m. GRAHAM CENTER FOYER Registration & Coffee 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. EAST BALLROOM A Sea of Memories: On Writings of Reinaldo Arenas and the Balseros Chair: Ana Roca Florida International University Arenas acabado de llegar: entrevistas recuperadas Ana Roca, Florida International University Reinaldo Arenas and the Powers that Be Michael G. Paulson, Miami Dade College The Sexual Politics of a Queer Activist: Reinaldo Arenas’ Before Night Falls Rafael Ocasio, Agnes Scott College 7 Después del Mariel: la (falta de) memoria en la literatura balsera Tamara Álvarez-Detrell, MAST Academy CENTER BALLROOM Stories of Exile Chair: Rita Molinero Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico Children and their Parents at the Heart of a National Crisis Flora M. González, Emerson College Story of a Life in Three Acts: The Joy of Writing My History and Discovering My Mother Was a Hero David Callejo Pérez, West Virginia University Out of Miami: Resettling Cubans through the Cuban Refugee Program, 1961-1978 Cheris Brewer, Washington State University La vida por entregas: textos autobiográficos femeninos Iraida H. López, Ramapo College of New Jersey WEST BALLROOM Cutting Edge Cubanidades: Rethinking Cuban Nationalism and Cultural Production Chair: Raúl Rubio Wellesley College Cubanidades Culturales and Other Diasporic (Con)fusions Eliana Rivero, University of Arizona On (Our) American Ground: Celia Cruz, Wyclef Jean, and the Post-National “Guantanamera” Ricardo L. Ortiz, Georgetown University Lo veremos todo: imaginarios transnacionales de la cubanía en la televisión latinaestadounidense Jossiana Arroyo, University of Texas at Austin Producing and Consuming Cuba: The Economics, Politics, and Aesthetics of Cuban Material Culture Raúl Rubio, Wellesley College 10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m. 8 Break 10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. EAST BALLROOM Alternative Cultural Politics: Women’s Writing and Feminist Criticism Transforming Culture Chair/Discussant: Ofelia Schutte University of South Florida Discussant: Eliana Rivero University of Arizona Lydia Cabrera: la escritura desbordada Madeline Cámara, University of South Florida Ana Mendieta, a Retrospective: Witness of Vanishing Evidence Adriana Novoa, University of South Florida La estética del desborde: Excess and Overflow in Recent Cuban Women’s Fiction Ofelia Schutte, University of South Florida CENTER BALLROOM Art Music from Cuba Chair: Orlando Jacinto García Florida International University The Indigenous Sound of Tania León: The Cuban Sound World in Indigena for Large Chamber Ensemble Carlos R. Carrillo, DePauw University Música contemporánea coral en Cuba Tamahra Martín, independent scholar Contemporary Art Music by Cuban Composers: An Overview Orlando Jacinto García, Florida International University WEST BALLROOM Orígenes: entre poesía e historia Chair: Rafael Rojas Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), México, D.F. Discussant: Ivan Schulman 9 Florida International University Oppiano Licario: poesía e insurgencia en el imaginario lezamiano César Salgado, University of Texas at Austin La teología de lo exterior: la poesía de Fina García Marruz en Orígenes Robert Lesman, Grinnell College Tan callado el maestro: poesía e historia en la obra de Eliseo Diego Rafael Rojas, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), México, D.F. De los años de Orígenes a El oficio de perder: Lorenzo García Vega desde/más allá de Orígenes Pablo de Cuba Soria, poeta y ensayista Otras historias de quimeras y pérdidas: el fantasma lezamiano en la poética de los 90s Marta Hernández Salván, University of Maine at Farmington 12:45 p.m.-1:15 p.m. GRAHAM CENTER FOYER Lunch available for purchase ($5.00 cash) 1:15 p.m.-2:00 p.m. CENTER BALLROOM Keynote Address – Homenaje a Antonio Benítez-Rojo y Guillermo Cabrera Infante José Quiroga, Emory University 2:00 p.m.-2:15 p.m. Break 2:15 p.m.-4:15 p.m. EAST BALLROOM What Would Martí Do? Chair/Discussant: Ivan Schulman Florida International University Higienismo y modernismo en la escritura de José Martí: los peligros del gimnasio Francisco Morán, Southern Methodist University Conversing with the Elders; or, “What Would Martí Do?” 10 Alfred J. López, The University of Mississippi Is it Time to Say Goodbye to Calibán? Alan West-Durán, Northeastern University CENTER BALLROOM Women in Cuban Art: The Artist and the Image Chair/Discussant: Juan A. Martínez Florida International University Tania Bruguera: arte de conducta Lisa Li, University of Miami Rita Longa and Modern Cuban Sculpture (1930-1945) Sarah Holian, Grand Rapids Art Museum Mulatas en rumbo: Miscegenation in 19th Century Cuban Art and Visual Culture E. Carmen Ramos, University of Chicago and The Newark Museum WEST BALLROOM Of State and Nation Chair: Sherry Johnson Florida International University Our Man in Havana: Walker Evans’ Photographs for the Crime of Cuba Mary N. Woods, Cornell University The Problem of Constitutional Engineering: The Cuban Constitution of 1940 Manuel De León, Florida International University Reading Revolution: The Forging of a U.S.-Cuban Transnational Literary Left, 1930-1940 John A. Gronbeck-Tedesco, University of Texas at Austin De disidentes y camajanes: Problemas conceptuales sobre los movimientos sociales autónomos en Cuba Laura García Freyre, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 4:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Break 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. EAST BALLROOM 11 Transnational and Local Trends in Contemporary Afrocuban Music Chair: Robin Moore University of Texas at Austin Discussant: Katherine Hagedorn Pomona College A Racial Geography: The Meaning of Blackness in a Havana Neighborhood Nadine Fernández, Empire State College The Cultural Cold War: Havana-Washington-Miami Robin Moore, University of Texas at Austin Frostbitten in Hialeah: Miami’s Reception of Music from Special Period Cuba Lara Greene, Florida State University CENTER BALLROOM Un amor detrás de un cristal: The Many Havanas and the Construction of Cubanía Chair: Susan Thomas The University of Georgia Discussant: Alan West-Durán Northeastern University Identities and Cityscape: On Religion and the Mapping of Spaces in the Late Colony and Early Cuban Republic Reinaldo Román, The University of Georgia PM, Lunes de revolución and the ICAIC: The Revolution and its Conflicting Cultural Policies (1959-1961) José B. Alvarez, The University of Georgia Opposing Views of Utopia in Two Novels by Pedro Juan Gutiérrez Lori Oxford, The University of Georgia Havana: La capital cantada Susan Thomas, The University of Georgia WEST BALLROOM Culture, Representation, and Consumption: Discourses and Micro Politics Chair: Lisa Maya Knauer University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth 12 Translocal Mediascapes: Audiovisual Remittances, Consumption, and the Politics of Authenticity Lisa Maya Knauer, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth Critical Uses of Ethnicity and the Vernacular in Cuban Theater of the ‘Special Period’ Elizabeth Ruf-Maldonado, Columbia University Insisting on the Inside: Organic Intellectuals and Critical Revolutionary Thought in Cuba Katherine Gordy, Cornell University and The New School University GRAHAM CENTER ROOM 243 Documentary – Dialogues with Artists in Cuba Presenter: Conrad Gleber Florida State University Produced and directed by Conrad Gleber and Duff Schweninger, this documentary features artists Abel Barroso, Sandra Ramos, Fernando Rodríguez, Enema, and 609. 13