CONTENTS
1. Chapter 1/Introduction The counterpoints of transculturation
2. Chapter 2 The Catalan-Cuban intellectuals of La Nova Catalunya 2.1 Chapter 2 The nucleus of Catalanism in the Americas
2.2 Chapter 2 The first decades of La Nova Catalunya (1908-1932)
2.3 Chapter 2 The confluence of old and new Catalan-Cubans in the revival of La Nova Catalunya (1942-1959)
3. Chapter 3 Josep Conangla's Americanist Catalanism
3.1 Chapter 3 An Americanist Catalanism
3.2 Chapter 3 Els altres sentits, a Caribbean version
4. Chapter 4 Regino Boti's poetics and the construction of identities in Guantanamo
4.1 Chapter 4 Guantanamero poetics
4.2 Chapter 4 Guantanamero politics
5. Chapter 5 A rereading of Fernando Ortiz's counterpoints.
5.1 Chapter 5 Ortiz, the Catalan-Cuban intellectual
5.2 Chapter 5 Transculturation and nationalism, ties and tensions
6. Conclusion/Chapter 6 In praise of contrapuntal harmonies
About the Author: Yairen Jerez Columbié investigates cultural exchange, postcolonial identities and ecologies, and the sociohistorical dimensions of environmental challenges. She is an Assistant Professor in Latin American Studies and Intercultural Communication at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.