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Focusing on the didactic nature of the work of Reinaldo Arenas, this book demonstrates the Cuban writer’s influence as public pedagogue, mentor, and social activist whose teaching on resistance to normative ideologies resonates in societies past, present, and future.

Rafael Ocasio delves into Costumbrismo and Cuban literature to offer up a new perspective on the development of Cuban identity, as influenced by black culture and religion, during the sugar cane boom.