Parvathi Kumaraswami

Biographic Data

ID158359
NAMEParvathi Kumaraswami
GIVEN NAMESParvathi
FAMILY NAMEKumaraswami
SIGNATUREKUMARASWAMI P
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Manchester
ORCID0000-0002-6862-8385
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS15
TOTAL CITATIONS5
AUTHOR COUNT15
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX1

  • The Social Life of Literature in Revolutionary Cuba

    Open AccessParvathi Kumaraswami, Par KumaraswamiBOOKSocial Life of Literature in…2016

    This study explores the social functions of literature from the perspective of policymakers, writers, readers and residents in contemporary Cuba. It provides a new perspective on post-59 Cuban literat

  • The Havana Habit, written by Gustavo Pérez Firmat

    Open AccessParvathi Kumaraswami, Par KumaraswamiARTICLENew West Indian Guide / Nieuwe…2016

  • One Day in December

    Open AccessParvathi Kumaraswami, Par KumaraswamiARTICLEBulletin of Latin American Research2016

  • The Cambridge History of Latin American Women's Literature

    Open AccessSanta Arias, Rocío Quispe‐agnoli et al.BOOKCambridge History of Latin…2015

    The Cambridge History of Latin American Women's Literature is an essential resource for anyone interested in the development of women's writing in Latin America. Ambitious in scope, it explores women's literature from ancient indigenous cultures to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Organized chronologically and written by a host of leading scholars, this History offers an array of approaches that contribute to current dialogues about tra…

  • Cuba's wild east

    Parvathi Kumaraswami, Par KumaraswamiARTICLEStudies in Travel Writing2015

  • Cuba and the New Origenismo - by Buckwalter-Arias, James

    Open AccessParvathi KumaraswamiARTICLEBulletin of Latin American Research2014

  • Venceremos? The Erotics of Black Self‐Making in CubaJafari S.Allen. Durham

    Open AccessParvathi KumaraswamiARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist2013

  • Literary culture in Cuba

    Parvathi Kumaraswami, Par Kumaraswami et al.BOOKLiterary Culture In Cuba…2012

  • Peripheral Visions? Literary Canon Formation in Revolutionary Cuba

    Open AccessParvathi Kumaraswami, Par KumaraswamiARTICLEBulletin of Latin American Research2012

  • Introduction

    Open AccessParvathi Kumaraswami, Par KumaraswamiARTICLEBulletin of Latin American Research2012

  • Los juegos de la Escritura o la (re) escritura de La Historia

    Parvathi Kumaraswami, Par KumaraswamiARTICLEJournal of Iberian and Latin…2009

  • El color de nuestro futuro

    Parvathi Kumaraswami, Par KumaraswamiARTICLEJournal of Iberian and Latin…2009Cited by: 1

    The cultural and political importance of the series of cultural debates that took place in Cuba in early 2007, known as the Encuentros, attracted significant attention both on and off the island, either as continuing proof of the repression of free cultural expression over nearly fifty years, and a further opportunity to reassess the relationship between political and cultural fields in an ever-changing Cuba. By tracing the principal positions es…

  • Cultural Policy and Cultural Politics in Revolutionary Cuba

    Open AccessParvathi Kumaraswami, Par KumaraswamiARTICLEBulletin of Latin American Research2009Cited by: 4References: 5

    This article re-reads Fidel Castro's speech to Cuban artists and intellectuals at the Biblioteca Nacional José Martí (National Library) in June 1961. Despite extensive discussion of its famous extract, the speech has rarely been examined in depth. This article thus analyses the entire speech, situating it within its co-text and its context and examining its multiple functions, offering as it does an insight into the social and educational implica…

  • Writing between the margins

    Parvathi Kumaraswami, Par KumaraswamiARTICLEJournal of Iberian & Latin…2008

  • Cultural Policy, Literature and Readership in Revolutionary Cuba

    Open AccessParvathi Kumaraswami, Par KumaraswamiARTICLEBulletin of Latin American Research2007References: 7

    This article presents a fresh perspective on cultural policy in revolutionary Cuba, focusing specifically on the centrality of dialogue with the general readership to the production, reception and regulation of literature. It first summarises the positions regarding revolutionary literature that have been asserted and essayed at various points along the sometimes chaotic trajectory of revolution in Cuba. It then examines reading-related policies …