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The Cuba Reader: History, Culture, Politics (The Latin America Readers)
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by Aviva Chomsky and Pamela Maria Smorkaloff
Sales Rank: 68708
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$8.00
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 723 pages
Published by: Duke University Press December 2003
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0822331977
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0822331971
Book Dimensions:
9.2 x 5.9 x 1.7 inches
Weighs: 1.6 pounds
Product Review
"[An] ambitious and impressive anthology, a sweeping collection of source materials by and about Cubans both on the island and living in other countries. The editors . . . have wisely chosen songs, paintings, photographs, short stories, essays, speeches, government reports, cartoons and newspaper articles that span Cuban history. . . . What The Cuba Reader does extraordinarily well is to reveal the nuances and complexity of the Cuban experience. All shades of politics are here, and they infuse Cuban dance, music, film and religion."
--Susan Fernandez, The Miami Herald
"[A] classic. The editors of this book and their many accomplices deserve nothing but praise for producing the best introduction to Cuba one can possibly find."
--Gavin O’Toole, The Latin American Review of Books
"The Cuba Reader is a great addition to courses that focus on Cuba. . . . As the readings are translated into English, the book is accessible to undergraduates. There is no alternative book that fills the need that The Cuba Reader does, and it will find a large market in classes on Cuba."
--Mariola Espinosa, The Latin Americanist
"The Cuba Reader is . . . an impressive and worthy addition to the series of similar readers on Peru, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico, published by Duke University Press. . . . [A]n engaging assortment of readings. . . . [A] rich variety of voices, most of them Cuban, which, when read together reveal a nation and people of complexity and charm, pathos and poignancy, quite unlike the stark categories in which the warring ideologies usually place them. . . . [T]his is a volume that can be read with benefit and enjoyment by student and faculty scholars alike."
--Richard R. Super, International Third World Studies Journal and Review
"[T]he editors should be congratulated for their Herculean effort. The reader will be most useful for undergraduate courses where it will provide students with an impressive overview of the Cuban experience over the last five centuries. In fact, anyone interested in obtaining a comprehensive and multifaceted firsthand account of Cuban history will benefit from this book."
--John J. Dwyer, The Americas
"[A]n ambitious undertaking, and the book succeeds admirably. . . . The Cuba Reader is a great addition to courses that focus on Cuba. . . . There is no alternative book that fills the need that The Cuba Reader does, and tit will find a large market in classes on Cuba."
--Mariola Espinosa, The Latin Americanist
"[T]he whole volume probably achieves its ambitious objectives. While, even in such an impressive range of sources, there are inevitable omissions, these generally do not detract from the overall effect, and the authors' predilections (evident in the order, length and juxtaposition of the selections) are generally to be welcomed rather than criticised."--
--Antoni Kapcia, Bulletin of Latin American Research
"This Reader provides a wonderfully eclectic selection of writings from and about Cuba. . . . [A] very useful resource for the teaching of courses relating to Cuba, providing a taster of many aspects of the island's history that should encourage those who dip into it to come away with a more nuanced understanding of an island that has been plagued by caricature."
--Jonathan Curry-Machado, Journal of Latin American Studies
Product Description
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. Beginning with the first written account of the island, penned by Christopher Columbus in 1492, the selections assembled here track Cuban history from the colonial period through the ascendancy of Fidel Castro to the present.
The Cuba Reader 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, Che Guevera, and Reinaldo Arenas appear alongside the testimonies of slaves, prostitutes, doctors, travelers, and activists. Some selections examine health, education, Catholicism, and santería; others celebrate Cuba’s vibrant dance, music, film, and literary cultures. The pieces are grouped into chronological sections. Each section and individual selection is preceded by a brief introduction by the editors.
The volume presents a number of pieces about twentieth-century Cuba, including the events leading up to and following Castro’s January 1959 announcement of revolution. It provides a look at Cuba in relation to the rest of the world: the effect of its revolution on Latin America and the Caribbean, its alliance with the Soviet Union from the 1960s until the collapse of the Soviet bloc in 1989, and its tumultuous relationship with the United States. The Cuba Reader also describes life in the periodo especial following the cutoff of Soviet aid and the tightening of the U.S. embargo.
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.
Reader Reviews
I have always been interested in Cuba, but I have tended to focus on the Health System there and have learned very little about Cuba before Castro and the revolution. This book gives an overall picture of Cuba as it developed through the years from all different perspectives, both positive and negative. Even though the different sections are simply short excerpts from different works, the editors have been able to put everything together in order to show all different aspects of Cuba and its history.
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