Capitalism, God & a Good Cigar

Leo Chavez
Capitalism, God & a Good Cigar
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When the Soviet Union dissolved, so did the easy credit, cheap oil, and subsidies it had provided to Cuba. The bottom fell out of the Cuban economy, and many expected that Castro's revolution?the one that had inspired the left throughout Latin America and elsewhere?would soon be gone as well. More than a decade later, the revolution lives on, albeit in a modified form. Following the collapse of Soviet communism, Castro legalized the dollar, opened the island to tourism, and allowed foreign investment, small-scale private enterprise, and remittances from exiles in Miami. Capitalism, God, and a Good Cigar describes what the changes implemented since the early 1990s have meant for ordinary Cubans: for hotel workers, teachers, priests, factory workers, rap artists, writers, homemakers, and others. Based on reporting by journalists, writers, and documentary filmmakers since 2001, the thirteen essays collected here each cover a particular dimension of contemporary Cuban society, revealing what it is like to have lived, for more than a decade, suspended between communism and capitalism. There are pieces on hip hop musicians, fiction-writing and censorship, the state of ballet and the performing arts, and the role of computers and the internet. Other essays address the shrinking yet still sizeable numbers of true believers in the promise of socialist revolution, the legendary cigar industry, the changing state of religion, the significance of the recent influx of money and people from Spain, and the tensions between recent Cuban emigrants and previous generations of exiles. Including more than seventy striking documentary photographs of Cuba's people, countryside, and city streets, this richly illustrated collection offers keen, even-handed insights into the abundant ironies of life in Cuba today. Contributors Juliana Barbassa Ana Campoy John CotĂŠ Mimi Chakarova Julian Foley Angel GonzĂĄlez Megan Lardner Ezequiel Minaya Daniela Mohor Archana Pyati Alicia Roca Olga R. Rodriguez Bret Sigler Annelise Wunderlich* Focuses on the extensive changes that have taken place in Cuba since 1993, when Castro legalized the dollar, with essays including transformations in the economy, religious life, the literary world, ballet, and hip hop.
Data wydania: 2005
ISBN: 978-0-8223-3494-1, 9780822334941
Język: angielski
Wydawnictwo: Duke University Press

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