""Capitalism, God, and a Good Cigar" is engagingly written, nuanced, sensitive in political perspective, and innovative and broad-ranging in its choice of subject matter. This freewheeling and intimate account of life in Cuba today gives a close-up view of the rapid-fire changes overtaking the island, from the new economy to Internet access to issues of freedom of speech to Cuban ballet. It provides a welcome, fresh perspective that goes far beyond what American audiences tend to hear about Cuba."--Aviva Chomsky, Professor of History and Coordinator of Latin American Studies at Salem State…mehr
""Capitalism, God, and a Good Cigar" is engagingly written, nuanced, sensitive in political perspective, and innovative and broad-ranging in its choice of subject matter. This freewheeling and intimate account of life in Cuba today gives a close-up view of the rapid-fire changes overtaking the island, from the new economy to Internet access to issues of freedom of speech to Cuban ballet. It provides a welcome, fresh perspective that goes far beyond what American audiences tend to hear about Cuba."--Aviva Chomsky, Professor of History and Coordinator of Latin American Studies at Salem State College and coeditor of "The Cuba Reader: History, Culture, Politics"Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Lydia Chávez is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Journalism and Chair of the Executive Committee for the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a former reporter for the New York Times in Latin America, where she served as bureau chief in San Salvador and Buenos Aires. She has written for the New York Times Sunday Magazine and the Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine and contributed op-ed pieces to the New York Times and San Francisco Examiner. She is the author of The Color Bind: California's Battle to End Affirmative Action.
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Acknowledgments ix Adrift: An Introduction to Contemporary Cuba / Lydia Chavez 1 Part I: Inventing The New Cuban Capitalist / Juliana Barbassa 17 The Old Cuban Cadre: Four Women Survive Manzanillo / Alicia Roca 31 Trinidad: Life on the Margins / Julian Foley 45 Part 2: Breathing Hip Hop Pushes the Limits / Annelise Wunderlich 65 Authors Who Knew or Know the Limits / Ezequiel Minaya 78 Dancers Who Stretch the Limits / Ana Campoy 95 Interlude: A Photo Essay / Mimi Chakarova 110 Part 3: Surviving True Believers / Olga R. Rodriguez 131 Socialism and the Cigar / Daniela Mohor 147 Cubans Log On behind Castro's Back / John Cote 160 Part 4: Searching The New Immigrants Don't Hate Fidel / Archana Pyati 177 The Spanish Are Back / Megan Lardner 191 God, Babalawos, and Castro / Bret Sigler 207 Son de Camaguey / Angel Gonzalez 222 Suggested Reading 235 Contributors 241 Index 243
Acknowledgments ix Adrift: An Introduction to Contemporary Cuba / Lydia Chavez 1 Part I: Inventing The New Cuban Capitalist / Juliana Barbassa 17 The Old Cuban Cadre: Four Women Survive Manzanillo / Alicia Roca 31 Trinidad: Life on the Margins / Julian Foley 45 Part 2: Breathing Hip Hop Pushes the Limits / Annelise Wunderlich 65 Authors Who Knew or Know the Limits / Ezequiel Minaya 78 Dancers Who Stretch the Limits / Ana Campoy 95 Interlude: A Photo Essay / Mimi Chakarova 110 Part 3: Surviving True Believers / Olga R. Rodriguez 131 Socialism and the Cigar / Daniela Mohor 147 Cubans Log On behind Castro's Back / John Cote 160 Part 4: Searching The New Immigrants Don't Hate Fidel / Archana Pyati 177 The Spanish Are Back / Megan Lardner 191 God, Babalawos, and Castro / Bret Sigler 207 Son de Camaguey / Angel Gonzalez 222 Suggested Reading 235 Contributors 241 Index 243
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