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The Conclusion asks in a contemporary context why literature and well-being have been linked so closely since 1959. It examines how the cultural economy for literature has changed from 2007 to 2012, and explores responses in the public sphere to the economic reforms, responses which reveal both continuing tensions and contradictions and also a remarkable consistency of approach from artists and intellectuals. It plays these prominent public discourses against the narratives articulated in the three case studies in order to present a complex picture of the cultural contemporary landscape. Finally, it raises important questions for the social life of literature in the future, and highlights the challenges and opportunities for well-being and culture in twenty-first-century Cuba.
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Kumaraswami, P. (2016). Conclusion: The Promise of Well-Being Through Culture in Contemporary Cuba: Morality, Culture, and the Market. In: The Social Life of Literature in Revolutionary Cuba. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55940-1_7
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