Cuba

Herausgeber: Henken, Ted; Castellanos, Dimas; Celaya, Miriam

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Written by some of the best-known independent scholars, citizen journalists, cyber-activists, and bloggers living in Cuba today, this book presents a critical, complete, and unbiased overview of contemporary Cuba. In this era of ever-increasing globalization and communication across national borders, Cuba remains an isolated island oddly out of step with the rest of the world. And yet, Cuba is beginning to evolve via the important if still insufficient changes instituted by Raul Castro, who became president in 2008. This book supplies a uniquely independent, accurate, and critical perspective in order to evaluate these changes in the context of the island's rich and complex history and culture. Organized into seven topical chapters that address geography, history, politics and government, economics, society, culture, and contemporary issues, readers will gain a broad, insightful understanding of one of the most unusual, fascinating, and often misunderstood nations in the Western Hemisphere.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: ABC-CLIO
• Seitenzahl: 616
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 1337g
• ISBN-13: 9781610690119
• ISBN-10: 1610690117
• Artikelnr.: 34781156

Autorenporträt

Ted A. Henken, PhD, is associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Baruch College, City University of New York. His published work includes ABC-CLIO's Cuba: A Global Studies Handbook. Miriam Celaya is an independent journalist who regularly publishes articles in Diario de Cuba, Convivencia, and Voces magazine, and was a cofounder of the independent digital magazine Consenso (2004-2007). Dimas C. Castellanos writes for the digital publications Diario de Cuba, Convivencia, and Voces magazine. An independent journalist, he also publishes his own blog, "El Blog de Dimas" (www.desdecuba.com/dimas) and has won numerous journalism awards for his work.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgments
1 Geography
Geographical Situation-"Cuba Is the Key
" Geographical Features
Topography
Geology and Mineral Deposits
Climate
Flora
Fauna
Endangered Species
Conservation
and Environmental Challenges
2 History
Cuba before Columbus
The Conquest and Colonization of Cuba
Velázquez
Las Casas
and Hatuey
Extermination or Assimilation-What Happened to Cuba's Native People?
Depopulation and Abandonment
1540-1760
The Beginnings of the Slave Trade
The Pirates of the Caribbean and Havana's Fortifications and Walls
Cuban Coffee
Tobacco
and Sugar
and the Birth of Creole Proto-Nationalism
"La Prosperidad Británica": The British Capture of Havana
1762-1763
The Cuban Creole Planters
Sugar and Slavery in Cuba during the 19th Century
Toward Independence and Emancipation: The Aponte and Escalera Conspiracies
The Slave Plantation
The Intellectual Foundations of Abolition and Independence: Varela
Saco
Del Monte
and Luz
Annexation and Rising U.S. Interest in Cuba
The Decline of the Plantation and the End of Cuban Slavery
1880-1886
The Long Struggle for Independence and Its Aftermath
1868-1901
The Ten Years' War
Antonio Maceo
the Protest of Baraguá
and the Fruitful Truce
The Little War
the Autonomists
and José Martí's Cuban Revolutionary Party (PRC)
From the War of Independence of 1895 to the "Spanish-American War" of 1898
"Remember the Maine
to Hell with Spain!": The United States Enters the War
The Naval Battle of Santiago and the U.S. Occupation
The Plattist Republic
1899-1934
The Platt Amendment: An Occupation without Occupiers
Cuban Electoral Politics
1902-1925
The Movement for National Renewal
The Machadato
1925-1933
The Revolution of 1933 and the Rise of Fulgencio Batista
Years of Hope and Betrayal
1940-1952
The Constitution of 1940
The Cuban Democratic Experiment
1940-1952
The Cuban Insurgency
1953-1958: The Rise of Fidel Castro
From Moncada to Granma
1953-1955
The Long Road from the Sierra Maestra to Havana
1956-1958
A Peak behind the Insurrectionary Curtain
"The Revolution Begins Now": 1959-1961
The Dismantling of Civil Society
The Concentration of Ownership
3 Politics and Government
Introduction
Consolidation
Radicalization
and Charismatic Leadership
1959-1970
Early Revolutionary Decrees
Mass Organizations
The Consolidation and Radicalization of the Revolution
Bureaucratic Authority
Institutionalization
and People's Power
1970-1989
Cuba's Constitution and Legal System
Cuba's System of Government: The National Assembly
the Council of State
and the Council of Ministers
The Cuban Communist Party (PCC)
The Cuban Electoral System and the Assemblies of People's Power
Cuba's International Relations
Economic Crisis
Reform
and Emergent Civil Society
1990-2013
The Fourth Party Congress of 1991 and the Constitutional Revisions of 1992
The U.S. Embargo Today
Human Rights
Political Prisoners
and Opposition Groups
The Emergence of Civil Society
4 Economy
Introduction
Cuba's Economic History and the Socioeconomic Problems of the 1950s
Cuba's Close but Dependent Relationship with the United States
The Urban-Rural Divide
Economic Experimentation
Collectivization
and Institutionalization
1959-1990
The State Takeover of the Economy and Implementation of the Central Plan
1959-1963
Cuba's New International Economic Relations with the Soviet Bloc
Che Guevara
the "New Man
" and the Great Debate
The Radical Experiment
the "Revolutionary Offensive
" and the Gran Zafra
1966-1970
Soviet Institutionalization and the Taming of Fidel Castro
1970-1985
The Rectification Process
1986-1989
From Reform to Retrenchment: Cuba Confronts the "Special Period
" 1990-1996
Economic Retrenchment
Recentralization
and the Exit of Fidel Castro: 1996-2006
The Rise of Raúl Castro
2006-2013
Agricultural Reforms and Their Limits
Pilot Privatization Programs and the Start of State Sector Layoffs
The Return of Self-Employment: Once More with Feeling?
The "Lineamientos" and Preparations for the Sixth Party Congress
The Sixth Congress of the Cuban Communist Party
April 2011
The Triumph of Raúl Castro and the Armed Forces
Modifications to the Self-Employment Regulations
May 2011
Future Reforms
Current Crises
and U.S.-Cuban Relations
Conclusion: The Deepening of Raúl's Reforms
September 2011
5 Society
Religion and Thought
Introduction
Religious Syncretism and National Identity
Catholicism
The Church of Impassioned Confrontation
The Church of Silence
The Church of Dialogue
African Religions
The Orishas
The Abakuá
Protestantism
Jehovah's Witnesses
Judaism
Islam
The Freemasons
Espiritismo
Ethnicity and Race
Class Structure
and Inequality
Ethnicity and Race
The Racial Problem
Transculturation
the One-Drop Rule
and the Myth of Racial Democracy
Urban versus Plantation Slavery
The Myths of Legal Equality and Black Inferiority
Race and Revolution
Class Structure
The Colonial Class Structure
Dependent Capitalism
°Viva el socialismo! Or Is It State Capitalism?
Inequality
Poverty
and Social Contradictions in Today's Cuba
Family
Gender
and Sexuality
Introduction
Family
The Cuban Family Today
Gender
Advances for Women during the Republic
The 1959 Revolution and the End of the Cuban Feminist Movement
Education
Historical Antecedents
Education during the Republican Period: Great Achievements and Great Inequality
Education during the Revolutionary Period: Institutionalized Voluntarism
The 1961 Literacy Campaign
Mass Mobilization Campaigns and Educational Experiments: Education or Indoctrination?
Between Quality and Quantity
Education in Cuba Today
The Return of Religious and Private Education?
Migration and Diaspora
Introduction
Immigration to Cuba during the Colonial Period
Immigration during the Republic
Cuban Emigration to the United States and the Creation of the Cuban Diaspora after 1959
The Beginnings of Emigration Controls
The Golden Exiles
Operation Peter Pan
Camarioca
and the "Freedom Flights
" The Mariel Boatlift
The Balsero Crisis
New Routes of Exit and Entry: Balseros
Boteros
El Bombo
and El Trampolín
The Cuban Diaspora in the 21st Century
A Profile of the Cuban-American Population Today
Three Paradoxes of the Cuban-American Community in the United States: Exiles or Immigrants?
The Media
The Official Version
Mechanisms of Control
The Other Side of the Page
The Jump to the Web
Internet
Social Media
and the Cuban Blogosphere
A 1.0 Island in a 2.0 World
Here Comes the Cable!
Internet without Internet
A Profile of a Cuban "Internaut
" The Institutionalists
The Ciber-cimarrones
The Soldiers of the Web
Twitter and Facebook
6 Culture
Introduction
Language and Literature
Language
Characteristics of Cuban Spanish
A Mestizo Language
Cuban Literature: The Avant-Garde versus the Vanguard
Colonial Literature
Literature of the Republic
Literature under the Revolution
Conclusion
Dance
Music
and Theater
Dance
Classical Ballet
Modern Dance
Folkloric Dance
The Rumba
Ballroom Dance
Music
Origins
Classical Music and Cuban Jazz
The Son
Crossover Success: From the Son to the Mambo
and Beyond
Cuban Music after 1959: Salsa
Nueva Trova
Songo
and Timba
Salsa
Nueva Trova
Songo and Timba
Cuban Music Today
Theater
Origins
Cuban Vernacular Theater
Havana
a City of Theaters
Cuban Theater after 1959
Conclusion
Cinema and Photography
Silent Film
Sound Film
Films after 1959
The ICAIC Takeover
PM and Castro's "Words to the Intellectuals
" Revolutionary Cinema
Cinema of the Marginal and Absurd
Alice in Wonderland
Cuban Cinema as a Cultural Event
Cuban Cinema Today
The History of Cuban Photography
Cuban Photography after 1959
Cuisine
Introduction
Typical Cuban Cuisine
Traditional Cuban Beverages
History and Antecedents of Cuban Cuisine
Native Foods
Early Inherited and Creole Foods
Immigrant Influences on Cuban Cuisine
Cuban Cuisine since the Revolution
Art and Architecture
Art
Painting
Painting after 1959
Architecture
Antecedents
Cuban Architecture from Colonial Times to the Revolution
Architecture during the Revolutionary Period
Popular Recreation and Sports
Pastimes
Cockfighting
The Lottery
Chess
Sports
Baseball
Boxing
Revolutionary Sports
Basketball
Volleyball
Track and Field
Fencing
Jaialai
Soccer
Popular Culture
Customs
and Traditions
Oral Tradition
Traditional Festivals
Local and Peasant Festivals
Parrandas and Charangas
Holguín's Romerías de Mayo and Cuba's Chinese-Origin Festivals
Cuban Carnival
Havana's Carnival
Santiago's Carnival
7 Contemporary Issues
Raúl Castro's Reforms: Two Steps Forward
One Step Back
Phase One
Phase Two
Phase Three
Results of the Three Phases
The Real Causes
Agricultural Reforms
Sugar
Coffee and Rice
Cattle
Political Reforms and Rising Corruption
The Innovative Aspects
The Limitations of the Reforms
The Problem of Corruption
Recent Cuban Elections
Cuba's Demographic Crisis
Recent Migration Reforms
Cuba's International Relations
Twenty-First Century Relations between Cuba and the United States
Socialism of the 21st Century: Cuba's Relations with Venezuela
Liberalization without Democratization: Cuba's Relations with China
The Catholic Church
Dissidence
Civil Society
and Human Rights
The Catholic Church in Dialogue with the Cuban Government
The Visit of Pope Benedict XVI
March 2012
Dissidence and Civil Society
Human Rights
Glossary
Facts and Figures
Major Cuban Holidays and Festivals
Country-Related Organizations
Annotated Bibliography
Thematic Index
Index
About the Authors and Contributors