New York no era una fiesta: El personaje de la flâneuse en Los Ausentes, de Teté Casuso
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Title
New York no era una fiesta: El personaje de la flâneuse en Los Ausentes, de Teté Casuso
Loyola Faculty Contributor
Olympia B Gonzalez
Link
https://www-jstor-org.flagship.luc.edu/journal/hispanicj
Abstract
This article develops an analysis of the novel Los Ausentes (1945) written by Teresa Casuso, a Cuban exile who moved to New York City in the late thirties to escape the political turmoil wrenching her country. She and her husband had been student activists in the struggle against President Gerardo Machado, a period deeply marked in the collective consciousness of the country. The novel describes the experience of Cuban exiles in the city right before the Second World War from the point of view of a flâneuse or city wanderer, the female version of Walter Benjamin’s Paris flâneur. The female protagonist undergoes changes that reveal her excitement of discovering a different culture. As a young woman, her curiosity clashes against her nostalgia coupled with memories of violence and confrontation.
Date
Spring 2021
Publication Title
Hispanic Journal
Publisher
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Identifier
ISSN: 02710986
Bibliographic Citation
Olympia B Gonzalez "New York no era una fiesta: El personaje de la flâneuse en Los Ausentes, de Teté Casuso", Hispanic Journal Vol 42 #1, Spring 2021 pp 47-64.