Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia

Book Discussion Resources

Compiled by Marion Wrenn, PhD

Bhaba, Homi. Nation and Narration

Rorty, Richard. Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989.

Benedict Anderson. Imagined Communities.

Tim O’Brien. The Things They Carried.

Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken

Aracylice Grimay

Robert Hayden’s Those Winter Sunday

Yusef Kominyakaa Venus’ Flytraps, The Deck, and Blackberries

Art Resources

Compiled by Barbara Applegate, Dir. Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, C.W. Post campus

Title: CUBA. Havana. To celebrate the Liberation of Cuba, Fidel CASTRO as a baseball pitcher during the opening night game between the ‘Barbudos’ versus the Cuban National Police Department. 1959.
Creator: Bob Henriques
Description: These photos were taken in January 1959 when Fidel Castro and his army of revolutionaries liberated the country from former Dicatator Fulgancio BATISTA (who had escaped to the Dominican Republic).With a revolutionary army of 8500 revolutionarios, Castro gained Havana where he helped to give the appointment of President to Dr Manuel Urratia.
Date: 1959
Collection: Magnum Photos
ID Number: PAR76136.jpg
Source: Image and original data provided by Magnum Photos

Title: CUBA. La Havana. 1959. Fidel CASTRO speaking to a nun.
Creator: Burt Glinn
Description: Photos taken the first days January 1959 when Fulgancio BATISTA was ousted and escaped to the Dominican Republic and Fidel CASTRO marched with his Revolutionary Army of 8500 partisan men and women from the mountains toward Havana. His movement was called “The 26th July Movement,” the date of first Cuban  insurection of 1933. Castro and his men liberated Havana, in order to appoint Dr Manuel URRUTIA as President designate.
Date: 1959
Collection: Magnum Photos
ID Number: PAR106856.jpg
Source: Image and original data provided by Magnum Photos

Title: CUBA. 1959. Fidel CASTRO giving a press conference in Havana in 1959 upon his liberation of the City.
Creator: Bob Henriques
Date: 1959
Collection: Magnum Photos
ID Number: PAR43459.jpg
Source: Image and original data provided by Magnum Photos

Title: CUBA. CASTRO, Fidel. 2001. Castro in his office in Havana.
Creator: Burt Glinn
Date: 2001
Collection: Magnum Photos
ID Number: NYC9660.jpg
Source: Image and original data provided by Magnum Photos
Rights: ©Burt Glinn / Magnum Photos

Title: Paul Revere
Creator: John Singleton Copley, American, 1738–1815
Work Type: Paintings
Date: 1768
Material: Oil on canvas
Measurements: 89.22 x 72.39 cm (35 1/8 x 28 1/2 in.)
Description: Full View
Repository: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Gift of Joseph W. Revere, William B. Revere, and Edward H. R. Revere 30.781
Collection: The Image Gallery, Formerly in The AMICO Library
ID Number: BMFA.30.781
Source: Data from Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Title: A Boy with a Flying Squirrel (Henry Pelham)
Date: 1765
Material: oil on canvas
Measurements: 30 1/4 x 25 in
Repository: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Subject: Painting -- United States -- 18th C. A.D
Collection: The Image Gallery
Source: Data from University of California, San Diego

Title: Yankee Doodle
Creator: Gene Davis
Work Type: Paintings
Date: 1966
Location: Exhibited at Charles Cowles Gallery, Spring 1990
Material: oil on canvas
Description: Photographer: Larry Qualls
Collection: Contemporary Art (Larry Qualls Archive)
Source: Image and original data provided by Larry Qualls

Title: The County Election
Creator: George Caleb Bingham,1811–1879
Work Type: Oil paintings. History paintings
Date: 1851–1852
Material: Canvas
Measurements: 35 7/16 x 48 3/4 inches
Description: Painting categorized as “professional” in catalog; oil on canvas
Repository: St. Louis Art Museum
Accession Number: #124.44
Subject: Painting, American -- 19th century. Elections
Collection: The Carnegie Arts of the United States Collection
Source: Data from University of Georgia Libraries

Title: Selection from “The Survival Series”
Creator: Jenny Holzer Born in 1950, North American; American
Work Type: Drawings and Watercolors
Date: 1983-85
Material: Cast Aluminum
Measurements: 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in.)
Description: full view
Repository: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Contemporary Curator’s Fund  1993.10 
Collection: The Image Gallery  Formerly in The AMICO Library
ID Number: BMFA.1993.10
Source: Data from Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Title: The Migration Series, Panel no. 13: The crops were left to dry and rot. There was no one to tend them.
Creator: Lawrence, Jacob, American
Work Type: Paintings
Date: 1940-1941
Material: Casein tempera on hardboard
Measurements: 12 x 18 in.; 30.48 x 45.72 cm
Description: Panel No. 13: Due to the South’s losing so much labor, the crops were left to dry and spoil.
Repository: The Phillips Collection Acquired 1942
Collection: The Phillips Collection
ID Number: 1158
Source: Image and original data provided by The Phillips Collection

Title: The Migration Series, Panel #11: Food had doubled in price because of the war.
Creator: Lawrence, Jacob, American
Work Type: Paintings
Date: 1940-1941
Material: Casein tempera on hardboard
Measurements: 18 x 12 in.; 45.72 x 30.48 cm
Repository: The Phillips Collection Acquired 1942
Collection: The Phillips Collection
ID Number: 1157
Source: Image and original data provided by The Phillips Collection
Rights: © 2008 Estate of Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Title: Revolucion Cubana 1952–1959: cover
Work Type: book cover
Date: [n.d.]
Location: Cuba
Description: Cover of album of collectable picture cards documenting the Revolution and its leaders
Subject: Castro, Fidel, 1926–; Cuba -- History—Revolution; Book and Magazine Covers -- Cuba -- 20th C. A.D; Communism—Cuba, Soldiers, Propaganda, Symbols, Battles, Albums, Explosions, Text
Collection: The Image Gallery
Source: Data from University of California, San Diego

Title: Save Freedom Of Speech: Buy War Bonds
Creator: Norman Rockwell, 1894–1978, United States Office of War Information, Saturday Evening Post
Work Type: War Posters
Period: World War II
Date: 1943
Measurements: 70 x 51 cm
Repository: University of Minnesota Libraries
Subject: War finance, World War, 1939–1945. United States. Posters, War finance, Savings bonds, Communication
Collection: World War I and II Posters and Postcards (University of Minnesota Libraries)
ID Number: Digital: msp02459 Standard: OCLC40636882
Source: Image and original data from University of Minnesota Libraries
Rights: University of Minnesota Libraries

Title: Freedom of Speech
Creator: Norman Rockwell, 1894–1978
Date: 1943
Material: oil on canvas for posters
Subject: Painting -- United States -- 20th C. A.D
Collection: ARTstor Slide Gallery
Source: Data from University of California, San Diego

Title: Casa del Conde de Casa Bayona: interior; ground floor, view of arcades
Culture: Cuban
Work Type: palace
Period Colonial
Date: early 18th century Image: 2003
Location: Havana, Cuba
Material: stone; wood
Description: Photographer: Alka Patel
Subject: arcade; posts; balcony; geometric pattern
Collection: Alka Patel: South Asian and Cuban Art and Architecture
ID Number: 0285294
Source: Image and original data provided by Cuba (Alka Patel Archive)

Title: Casa del Conde de Casa Bayona: interior; ground floor, view arcades
Culture: Cuban
Work Type: palace
Period Colonial
Date: early 18th century  Image: 2003
Location: Havana, Cuba
Material: stone; wood
Description: Photographer: Alka Patel
Subject: arcade; posts; balcony; geometric pattern
Collection: Alka Patel: South Asian and Cuban Art and Architecture
ID Number: 0285293
Source: Image and original data provided by Cuba (Alka Patel Archive)

Creator: Jenny Holzer, 1950–
Title: You are Trapped
Date: 1984
Location: United States
Material: spray enamel on canvas: (with Lady Pink)
Measurements: 69 x 116 in
Subject: United States Conceptual art Mixed Media -- 20th C. A.D
Collection: The Image Gallery
Source: Data from University of California, San Diego

Creator: Jenny Holzer, 1950–
Title: Untitled
Work Type: Sculpture
Date: 1990
Material: Marble tiles and border
Measurements: 35 X 15 X 34 CM
Style Period Contemporary
Description: Child Text
Repository: Buffalo Albright-Knox Gallery
Subject: Modern
Collection: Binghamton University Visual Resources: Digital Image
ID Number: S20A 7 O 97.3156
Source: JENNY HOLZER: VENICE INST; dData from SUNY Binghamton

Creator: Jenny Holzer, 1950–
Culture: American
Title: Truisms on Spectacolor Board: Abuse of Power. Sponsored bh Public Art Fund. 32nd Animated spot that apeears every 20 minutes
Work Type: Other Arts
Date: 1982
Location: Times Square: New York City, United States
Material: NEON SIGN
Style Period Conceptual
Repository: In Situ
Subject: Happening, Performance Times Square
Collection: Binghamton University Visual Resources: Digital Image Collection
ID Number: 100537 86.5394 P20A 7 10 B
Source: Street art, Schwartzman, Allan, 1985 Data from SUNY Binghamton

Title: Untitled (Your body is a battleground)
Creator: Barbara Kruger
Work Type: Sculpture and Installations; Prints
Date: 1989
Location: Exhibited at Mary Boone Gallery, Spring 2000
Material: photographic silkscreen on vinyl
Measurements: 112" x 112"
Description: Photographer: Larry Qualls
Collection: The Image Gallery
Source: Image and original data provided by Larry Qualls