Contending that the music is not a knowable entity but a spectrum of dynamic practices that elude definition, Alexandra T. Vazquez models a new way of writing about music and the meanings assigned to it.
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Examines the United States lease of Cuban territory at Guantanamo Bay. Includes lease objectives, costs, and impacts on U.S.-Cuba relations.
"This volume proposes an alternative development paradigm to the existing capitalist extant one, and studies how it is distinctly different from the older system. Rooted in the principles of solidarity between humans, as well as between humans and nature, this alternative paradi…
"Few island nations have stirred the soul like Cuba. From Hemingway's intoxicating Havana to Ry Cooder's Buena Vista Social Club, outsiders have persistently been fascinated by Cuba for its music (jazz to rumba), its rich literature, its art and dance (danzón to mambo) and perha…
"This book re-examines the role of the intellectual within the revolutionary project in post-Soviet Cuban culture. Through close critical readings of a representative set of contemporary Cuban novels and works of visual art, the author argues that friendship and gender, rather t…
This volume offers an assessment of the social and political changes in Cuba that occured during the 20th century. The author acknowledges the accomplishments of the revolution in eliminating illiteracy, fostering greater social equality, and providing public education and free …
The revolution from within: Cuba, 1959-1980
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Open for Business: Building the New Cuban Economy examines the island's still stagnant sectors and market-driven changes under way as the country takes its early steps toward a more dynamic growth model. Richard E. Feinberg, a longtime observer who has been at the forefront of a…
"Ninety miles across the straits of Florida, a new Cuban revolution is stirring. This time, instead of guerrillas marching down the streets of Havana, it is the global economy that will upend Cuba. As the country's once solidly socialist economy opens further to the world, what …
Introduction: Criticism from within -- Symptomologies of the state -- Paranoid readings and ambivalent allegories -- Faith without Fidel -- Staying and suspicion -- Montage in the parenthesis -- Coda: 'Cuba está de moda'.
This volume is the first comprehensive overview of poetry written by Cubans in the more than six decades since 1944. Presented in a Spanish-English en face edition, The Whole Island makes available the astonishing achievement of a wide range of Cuban poets. The translations, alm…
Cuba's cultural influence throughout the Western Hemisphere, and especially in the United States, has been disproportionally large for so small a country. This landmark volume is the first comprehensive overview of poetry written over the past sixty years. Presented in a beautif…