Cuba's Forgotten Decade : How the 1970s Shaped the Revolution.
Kirk, Emily J.
Cuba's Forgotten Decade : How the 1970s Shaped the Revolution. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (269 pages) - Lexington Studies on Cuba Series . - Lexington Studies on Cuba Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Acronyms -- Introduction -- Section One: Politics and International Relations -- 1 Raúl's Decade? Or the First Swing of the Pendulum? -- 2 Havana and Moscow in the 1970s -- 3 David Rising -- 4 Canada-Cuba Relations in the 1970s -- 5 Militarized by Moscow? -- Section Two: Healthcare and Education -- 6 No Secret Cure -- 7 Sexual Education in the 1970s -- 8 Cuban Women and the State -- 9 The "Three Ps" (Perfecting, Professionalization, and Pragmatism) and their Limitations for Understanding Cuban Education in the 1970s -- 10 Is Class Race, and Race Class? -- Section Three: Culture -- 11 Black Skin, Red Masks? -- 12 Utopian Cultural Construction -- 13 Cinema and Culture in the 1970s -- 14 "Seremos (otra vez) como el Che"? -- 15 Within the Revolution, Everyone -- Conclusion -- Index -- About the Contributors.
This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the 1970s in Cuba that challenges the prevailing interpretation of the revolution as simply a period of "Sovietization." Drawing from multidisciplinary perspectives, this book demonstrates that the decade was a time of intense transformation that proved pivotal to the development of the revolution.
9781498568746
Cuba-History-1959-1990.
Electronic books.
F1788 .C833 2018
972.91064
Cuba's Forgotten Decade : How the 1970s Shaped the Revolution. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (269 pages) - Lexington Studies on Cuba Series . - Lexington Studies on Cuba Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Acronyms -- Introduction -- Section One: Politics and International Relations -- 1 Raúl's Decade? Or the First Swing of the Pendulum? -- 2 Havana and Moscow in the 1970s -- 3 David Rising -- 4 Canada-Cuba Relations in the 1970s -- 5 Militarized by Moscow? -- Section Two: Healthcare and Education -- 6 No Secret Cure -- 7 Sexual Education in the 1970s -- 8 Cuban Women and the State -- 9 The "Three Ps" (Perfecting, Professionalization, and Pragmatism) and their Limitations for Understanding Cuban Education in the 1970s -- 10 Is Class Race, and Race Class? -- Section Three: Culture -- 11 Black Skin, Red Masks? -- 12 Utopian Cultural Construction -- 13 Cinema and Culture in the 1970s -- 14 "Seremos (otra vez) como el Che"? -- 15 Within the Revolution, Everyone -- Conclusion -- Index -- About the Contributors.
This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the 1970s in Cuba that challenges the prevailing interpretation of the revolution as simply a period of "Sovietization." Drawing from multidisciplinary perspectives, this book demonstrates that the decade was a time of intense transformation that proved pivotal to the development of the revolution.
9781498568746
Cuba-History-1959-1990.
Electronic books.
F1788 .C833 2018
972.91064