Inhaling the Nation: The Cultural Translation and Symbolic Performance of the Cigar in Cuba

Authors

  • Stephen Cruikshank University of Alberta

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21992/T9TP78

Abstract

The following article uses a mixture of poetry and text to trace the cigar through various stages of Cuban history and highlights how the cigar has been translated and as a symbol useful to the construction of Cuban nationalism. In what ways does the cultural representation of the cigar throughout Cuban history create a performance of cultural values, identities, and heritage? As this paper reveals, such a question require us to translate the cigar smoke, to breathe in Cuban history, and to exhale the performance of metaphors.

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Published

2017-07-22

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2017): Translation and Performance

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CREATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS

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