A Review of A New No-Man’s Land: Writing and Art at Guantánamo, Cuba
Guantánamo/GTMO: Cuba’s easternmost province, occupied territory, U.S. military base, prison, refuge, natural habitat, torture site, symbol, legal exception and geographical reference of the famous “Guajira guantanamera” song. Esther Whitfield’s book gathers an unprecedented cultural archive exploring many Guantánamos. It reveals how the stories we tell about Guantánamo—and just as importantly, the ones we do not—pattern a global, political experience of the present.
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