Deborah Shnookal
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- January 2021
- ISBN:
- 9781683401551
- eISBN:
- 9781683402220
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9781683401551.003.0002
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
This chapter examines the countervailing forces within Cuban society that were exposed as a revolutionary hurricane swept the island after the 1959 Revolution. It discusses the revolutionary ...
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This chapter examines the countervailing forces within Cuban society that were exposed as a revolutionary hurricane swept the island after the 1959 Revolution. It discusses the revolutionary government’s social reforms regarding child care, the nationalization of education, race relations, and gender equality, and argues that the revolutionary project initiated in January 1959 was essentially a process of economic and cultural transformation, an assertion of a vision of a New Cuba and a New Cuban. This challenged the values of more affluent Cubans who were more likely to be influenced by U.S. culture, the Catholic church, and Cold War tropes about communism’s threat to the patriarchal family and children’s minds. In drawing young Cubans into the literacy campaign, the new government encouraged them to see themselves as contributing to the revolutionary project.Less
This chapter examines the countervailing forces within Cuban society that were exposed as a revolutionary hurricane swept the island after the 1959 Revolution. It discusses the revolutionary government’s social reforms regarding child care, the nationalization of education, race relations, and gender equality, and argues that the revolutionary project initiated in January 1959 was essentially a process of economic and cultural transformation, an assertion of a vision of a New Cuba and a New Cuban. This challenged the values of more affluent Cubans who were more likely to be influenced by U.S. culture, the Catholic church, and Cold War tropes about communism’s threat to the patriarchal family and children’s minds. In drawing young Cubans into the literacy campaign, the new government encouraged them to see themselves as contributing to the revolutionary project.
Lillian Guerra
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780300175530
- eISBN:
- 9780300235333
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300175530.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This introductory chapter briefly illustrates Cuba's underground revolutionary culture and the challenges it faced during Fulgencio Batista's regime. It argues that the “New Cuba” that allegedly ...
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This introductory chapter briefly illustrates Cuba's underground revolutionary culture and the challenges it faced during Fulgencio Batista's regime. It argues that the “New Cuba” that allegedly emerged in January 1959 did not rise from the ground up. The seeds of revolutionary Cuba were not just planted in the years before, they had sprouted and flourished. This Cuba began to flourish in the late 1940s and came to fruition in the last months of 1958 when Cubans consumed, constructed, and helped craft the image of a generous, accountable, morally pure, and messianic revolutionary state that Fidel Castro was committed to lead. In addition to this, the chapter also delves into the political culture of 1940s Cuba.Less
This introductory chapter briefly illustrates Cuba's underground revolutionary culture and the challenges it faced during Fulgencio Batista's regime. It argues that the “New Cuba” that allegedly emerged in January 1959 did not rise from the ground up. The seeds of revolutionary Cuba were not just planted in the years before, they had sprouted and flourished. This Cuba began to flourish in the late 1940s and came to fruition in the last months of 1958 when Cubans consumed, constructed, and helped craft the image of a generous, accountable, morally pure, and messianic revolutionary state that Fidel Castro was committed to lead. In addition to this, the chapter also delves into the political culture of 1940s Cuba.
MIGUEL A. Bretos
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780813038100
- eISBN:
- 9780813041568
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813038100.003.0018
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
This chapter, by way of epilogue, evokes the author's return to his hometown forty-two years after he left it. It observes that although many things have changed, many remain. The author confronts ...
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This chapter, by way of epilogue, evokes the author's return to his hometown forty-two years after he left it. It observes that although many things have changed, many remain. The author confronts wildly different reactions when he visits former family homes and encounters the new occupants. The derelict condition of cities is notable. A visit to the old Liceo Club highlights the dramatic differences between the old and new Cubas.Less
This chapter, by way of epilogue, evokes the author's return to his hometown forty-two years after he left it. It observes that although many things have changed, many remain. The author confronts wildly different reactions when he visits former family homes and encounters the new occupants. The derelict condition of cities is notable. A visit to the old Liceo Club highlights the dramatic differences between the old and new Cubas.
