Ever since fidel castro assumed power in cuba in 1959, americans have obsessed about the nation ninety miles south of the florida keys. The outside thing, by hannah roche introduction feb 14, 2020 this theoretically sophisticated reading of three lesbian writersstein, hall, and barnesis at once playful and serious. Cubas academic advantage challenges many prevailing views about the effectiveness of educational markets, school and teacher autonomy, decentralized decisionmaking, and government responsibility for childrens social and economic welfare. During the first half of the 1990s, perhaps the worst part of the special period, cubans lost an. Dick cluster, translator of many books by cuban writers, reveals twenty of the best. Praise cuba is rich in personal detail, but maintains its integrity through its impartial stance. Cuba has ranked low on the press freedom index from reporters without. This delightfully written, nicely illustrated book makes a significant contribution to the burgeoning literature on the cuban revolution.
Cuba is a setting in which the questions surrounding its future become the questions all cultures face as social systemspolitical, economic, and otherwisehelp shape human experience. An article published on 19 november 1999 by maria elena rodriguez, a journalist for the cubaverdad press, described the burning and burying of hundreds of books donated to cuba by the government of spain. Hemingway, cuba, and the cuban works kent state u press. Rolando estevez and the beautiful books of ediciones. Her other books include guests and aliens, the mobility of labor and capital, losing control, and globalization and its discontents. Education in cuba has been a highly ranked system for many years. A century of exhibition ballroom dance nyu press, 1995 and the editor of ballroom, boogie, shimmy sham, shake. Picturing change emerge as a beautiful, balanced, and inclusive body of work.
The cuba reader also describes life in the periodo especial following the cutoff of soviet aid and the tightening of the u. The cinema of small nations is the first major analysis of small national cinemas, comprising 12 case studies of small nationaland sub nationalcinemas from around the world, including ireland, denmark, iceland, scotland, bulgaria, tunisia, burkina faso, cuba, singapore, taiwan, hong kong, and new zealand. Welcome to the cuba press were an independent publisher based in wellington, aotearoa new zealand. History, culture, politics the latin america readers cuba is often perceived in starkly black and white termseither as the site of one of latin americas most successful revolutions or as the bastion of the worlds last communist regime. The 44th edition of the journal cuba studies, which was founded in 1970 and which the university of pittsburgh press has been publishing since 1985, includes articles on. Constitutional modernism university of minnesota press. The united fruit company in cuba duke university press.
Peter winn, a fellow of columbia universitys research institute on international change, returned from a recent trip to cuba to complete an. Fidel castro and the quest for a revolutionary culture in cuba julie marie bunck julie marie bunck provides us with an overdue, critical accounting of more than three decades of failed, costly social experimentation by the castro regime. But university presses in the usa have published a couple of books written. It is our mission to further the universitys objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by. In her new book, exporting revolution, margaret randall explores the cuban. Constitutional modernism explores architecture, planning, and law as cultural forces, analyzing the complex entanglements between these disciplines in the cuban republic. Drug trafficking, smuggling, and gambling in cuba from the 1920s to the revolution by eduardo saenz rovner. Cuba is at a turning point in its history, and for a short time will be that rarity. Save 40% on unc press books during our american history sale. State and market roles, progress, hurdles, comparisons, monitoring and effects, carmelo mesalago, distinguished service professor. Perez is the author of a wide variety of books on cuba. Building on nineteenthcentury discourses that imagined cuba as a raceless space, revolutionary leaders embraced a narrow definition of blackness, often seeming to suggest that afrocubans had to discard their blackness to join the revolution. Top universities in cuba 2020 cuban university ranking.
The author emphasizes such littleknown aspects of cuba s history as its tradition of racism and violence, its black rebellions, the survival of its indian peoples, and the lasting influence of spain. History, culture, politics the latin america readers aviva chomsky, barry carr, pamela maria smorkaloff on. List of books and articles about cuban history online. The authors serra analyzes professed unconditional support for the revolution, yet their texts contained prophetic insights into the conflicts that the new identity would generate, and influenced recent literary works that deconstruct the new. Several of her publications which examine dance in the early 20th century, have focused on social dance and class. Given that cuba lies less than 100 miles off the coast of the mainland united states, it is inevitable that the histories of the caribbean island and america have been interwoven almost since the first voyage of discovery by christopher columbus in 1492. If you are a print subscriber of the cuba free press, saint james press or steelville starcrawford mirror, you can get full access to all the premium content on. Selected books cuban missile crisis boston university.
Established in 1962, the mit press is one of the largest and most distinguished university presses in the world and a leading publisher of books and journals at the intersection of science, technology, art, social science, and design. Visit cuba through motleys vivid photographs, readers discover the real cuba, its heartstopping architecture and infectious energy, its cars seemingly teleported from the past, its love of baseball so fierce as to be nearly religious, the joy of community, and the unexpected juxtaposition of life in the last bastion of communism in the western world. It is of value to anybody who is interested in cuba. The book also offers an original look at aspects of the revolution, including castros relationship with the soviet union. A bevy of recommended new more or less books on fidel, che, and our intriguing island neighbor. Cubans cannot read books, magazines or newspapers unless they have. Start there, and then pick something from the list above. Timothy hyde reveals how architects joined with other professionals and intellectuals in efforts to establish a stable civil society, from the promulgation of a new cuban constitution in 1940 up until the cuban revoluti. Yaffes book on the last thirty years of the cuban revolution explains why, in the absence of the two castro brothers, it has not just survived but pioneered new forms of socialism suitable for the 21 st century. Vital signs explores the pursuit of love and meaning in contemporary cuba in. Antiracism in cuba university of north carolina press. Hemingway, cuba, and the cuban works corrects this omission by presenting contributions by scholars and journalists from the united states, russia, japan, and cuba, who explore how hemingway absorbed and wrote from the culture and place around him. Fidel castro and the quest for a revolutionary culture in cuba. Roches insistence on the queerness of desire, romance, and love between women takes.
Anarchism and countercultural politics in early twentiethcentury cuba. It is our mission to further the university s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. The 44th edition of the journal cuba studies, which was founded in 1970 and which the university of pittsburgh press has been publishing since 1985, includes articles on economic change and the. The cuban revolution had powerful domestic and international repercussions. Urban space as heritage in late colonial cuba classicism. The december 17, 2014, announcements by presidents obama and castro that the united states and cuba had agreed to reestablish diplomatic ties known as d17 was a watershed moment in u. Information and translations of free education in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. In particular, it transformed cubas relationship with the united states, although efforts to improve diplomatic relations have gained momentum in recent years see the cuban thaw. Hip hop and raced citizenship in neoliberal cuba durham, nc and london.
It has resulted in european union sanctions from 2003 to 2008 as well as statements of protest from groups, governments, and noted individuals cuba has ranked low on the press freedom index from reporters without borders from 2002 when the index was established 4th out of 9 to the present 169th out of 180 in 2015. Analyzing the ideology and rhetoric around race in cuba and south florida during the early years of the cuban revolution, devyn spence benson argues that ideas, stereotypes, and discriminatory practices relating to racial difference persisted despite major efforts by the cuban state to generate social equality. What everyone needs to know oxford university press, 2009 is a great read. Yet the construction of a collective heritage in late colonial cuba would need to be considered in relation to the phenomenon of mestizaje pride in miscegenation known to multiple spanish american contexts. Peter kornbluh university of north carolina press, 2015 updated edition. The united states and the triumph of the cuban revolution. The cinema of small nations indiana university press. This was and remains a false dichotomy for many cubans of color, benson demonstrates. A revolutionary life, here are five essential books about cuba. But cuba had strict laws that criminalized homosexuality and targeted gay men for harassment. Timothy hyde reveals how architects joined with other professionals and intellectuals in efforts to establish a stable civil society, from the promulgation of a new cuban constitution in 1940 up until the. In institutional changes of cubas economicsocial reforms. The 10 books listed here barely scratch the surface, but will give you a solid foundation for your visit to this beautiful island nation.
Sweig what everyone needs to know cuba is a perennially topical issue in the u. Jun 09, 2009 chicagoan and depaul university mentor achy obejas days of awe, whom junot diaz, with a small slight of hand, calls one of the cubas most important writers, has a new novel, ruins akashic books, which deals with a concern that no doubt has confronted and continues to confront many cubansloyalty to the revolution, its ideology. Institutional changes of cubas economic social reforms. It has resulted in european union sanctions from 2003 to 2008 as well as statements of protest from groups, governments, and noted individuals. For students, travelers, and all those who want to know more about the island nation just ninety miles south of florida. The new man in cuba is an indepth discussion of cultural politics and the politics of culture emergingevidenced by in the relentless desire of cuban writers, artists, and intellectuals to create a new man and hold tight to a revolutionary spirit. The university of havana was founded in 1727 and there are a number of other wellestablished colleges and universities. Oxford university press is a department of the university of oxford. Please be aware that there may be delays with shipping during this time. Discrete lesbian or gay male identities in the modern sense identities that are based on self definition and involve emotional as well as physical aspects of samesex relations were rare. Urban space as heritage in late colonial cuba classicism and. We cannot accept orders for books or journals at this time. Wifredo lam and the international avantgarde, 19231982 lowery stokes sims.
Saskia sassen is professor of sociology and of the social sciences at the university of chicago. The writing style is accessible, and the subject matter is diverse and very well researched, giving a richness of detail as well as a profound analysis of cuban politics and social movements. Life in the new cuba julia cooke seal press decades later, any optimism in the aftermath of the revolution has long since dissipated. Focusing on the everyday world of ordinary cubans, this book examines cuban understandings of the world and of cubas place in it.
The university of texas press is a member of the association of university presses. In the years since the cuban revolution in 1959, eleven men have served as president of the united states, arguably the most powerful nation on earth. We love books, we love people, and we love the stories that we all have to tell. A social and popular dance reader university of illinois press, 2009. Jan 14, 1979 peter winn, a fellow of columbia university s research institute on international change, returned from a recent trip to cuba to complete an oral history of the chilean.
The pride in or, as serge gruzinski argues, the condition of being of a socially and culturally mixed society of european, american. Envisioning cuba publishes outstanding, innovative works in cuban studies, drawn from diverse. Beyond cuban waters item detail university press vanderbilt. Letters from negro soldiers, 18981902 the university of arkansas press reprint series gatewood, willard on. Letters from negro soldiers, 18981902 the university of arkansas press reprint series. He is the author of the classic work on postcastro revolutionary movements, guerrilla movements in latin america, and most recently of in the shadow of the liberator.
Russ davidson university of north carolina press, 2008. History, culture, politics the latin america readers aviva. A 2009 study at the university of sussex found that reading can reduce stress by up to 68%, and we think everyone could do with a little less stress at the moment. For students, travelers, and all those who want to know more about the island nation just ninety miles south of florida, the cuba reader is an invaluable introduction.