The Cuba reader : history, culture, politics / edited by Aviva Chomsky, Barry Carr, and Pamela Maria Smorkaloff.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Latin America readers | Latin America readersPublication details: Durham, London : Duke University Press, 2003.Description: ix, 723 pages : black and white illustrations, maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0822331845
  • 0822331977
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 972.91 21
LOC classification:
  • F 1776 .C85 2003
Online resources:
Contents:
I Indigenous society and conquest -- II Sugar, slavery, and colonialism -- III The struggle for independence -- IV Neocolonialism -- V Building a new society -- VI Culture and revolution -- VII The Cuban revolution and the world -- VIII The "Período Especial" and the future of the revolution --
Summary: "Cuba is often perceived in starkly black and white terms-- either as the site of one of Latin America's most successful revolutions or as the bastion of the world's last communist regime. The Cuba Reader multiplies perspectives on the nation many times over, presenting more than one hundred selections about Cuba's history, culture, and politics. It combines songs, paintings, photographs, poems, short stories, speeches, cartoons, government reports and proclamations, and pieces by historians, journalists, and others. Most of these are by Cubans, and many appear for the first time in English. The writings and speeches of José Martí, Fernando Ortiz, Fidel Castro, Alejo Carpentier, and Reinaldo Arenas appear alongside the testimonies of slaves, prostitutes, doctors, travelers, and activist. Some selections examine health, education, Catholicism, and santería; others celebrate Cuba's vibrant dance, music, film, and literary cultures. For students, travelers, and all who want to know more about the island nation just ninety miles south of Miami, The Cuba Reader is an invaluable introduction." From back of cover.
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Acknowledgment of copyrights ([701] -712) includes index.

I Indigenous society and conquest -- II Sugar, slavery, and colonialism -- III The struggle for independence -- IV Neocolonialism -- V Building a new society -- VI Culture and revolution -- VII The Cuban revolution and the world -- VIII The "Período Especial" and the future of the revolution --

"Cuba is often perceived in starkly black and white terms-- either as the site of one of Latin America's most successful revolutions or as the bastion of the world's last communist regime. The Cuba Reader multiplies perspectives on the nation many times over, presenting more than one hundred selections about Cuba's history, culture, and politics. It combines songs, paintings, photographs, poems, short stories, speeches, cartoons, government reports and proclamations, and pieces by historians, journalists, and others. Most of these are by Cubans, and many appear for the first time in English. The writings and speeches of José Martí, Fernando Ortiz, Fidel Castro, Alejo Carpentier, and Reinaldo Arenas appear alongside the testimonies of slaves, prostitutes, doctors, travelers, and activist. Some selections examine health, education, Catholicism, and santería; others celebrate Cuba's vibrant dance, music, film, and literary cultures. For students, travelers, and all who want to know more about the island nation just ninety miles south of Miami, The Cuba Reader is an invaluable introduction." From back of cover.

Gift of Karen Wald.

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