TY - JOUR A1 - Ette, Ottmar T1 - Literature without fixed residence : Insularity, history and sociocultural dynamic in XXth century Cuba N2 - From its very beginnings, Cuban literature has been a literature with no fixed abode: written between Cuba and Mexico (Jose Maria Heredia), Cuba and Spain (Gertrudis Gomez de Avellanedo), Cuba and the US. (Cirilo Villaverde), or between Cuba, Europe and the Americas (Jose Marti), but to mention the outstanding figures in Cuba's 19(th) Century. This article tries to unfold and develop the consequences of this new perspective by insisting on the specific "frictional" character of Cuban literature and culture today Y1 - 2005 UR - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/13375 ER -