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Cuban Palimpsests
Jose Quiroga
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Description for Cuban Palimpsests
Paperback. Series: Cultural Studies of the Americas S. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
Four decades ago, the Cuban revolution captured the world’s attention and imagination. Its impact around the world was as much cultural as geopolitical. Within Cuba, the state developed a strictly defined national and collective memory that led directly from a colonial past to a utopian future, but this narrative came to a halt in the early 1990s. The collapse of Cuba’s sponsor, the Soviet Union, and the end of the Cold War preceded the so- called “Special Period in Times of Peace,” a euphemistic phrase that masked the genuine anxiety shared by leaders and people about the nation’s future.
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Four decades ago, the Cuban revolution captured the world’s attention and imagination. Its impact around the world was as much cultural as geopolitical. Within Cuba, the state developed a strictly defined national and collective memory that led directly from a colonial past to a utopian future, but this narrative came to a halt in the early 1990s. The collapse of Cuba’s sponsor, the Soviet Union, and the end of the Cold War preceded the so- called “Special Period in Times of Peace,” a euphemistic phrase that masked the genuine anxiety shared by leaders and people about the nation’s future.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Cultural Studies of the Americas S.
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816642144
SKU
V9780816642144
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About Jose Quiroga
Jose Quiroga is professor and department chair of Spanish and Portuguese at Emory University. He is the author of Understanding Octavio Paz and Tropics of Desire: Interventions from Queer Latino America.
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