Translating Cuba

The study analyzes ideological and aesthetic choices made in the translation of literature, political writing, music lyrics, and film to demonstrate the kaleidoscopic way in which Cuba has been viewed by audiences in the Anglophone world since 1959.

Robert S. Lesman is associate professor of Spanish in the Department of Global Languages and Cultures at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.

1. Introduction 2. The Politics and Poetics of the Anthology: Cuban Poetry in English 3. Marx Goes to Mars?: Cuban Science Fiction in Translation 4. Warrior, Thinker, Human Presence: Translating Che Guevara 5. Listening and Reading: Cuban Music on Folkways and Paredon Records 6. Watching and Reading: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea's Films Subtitled 7. Conclusion