Cuba, the United States, and Cultures of the Transnational Left, - 1930 197

This book examines how Cuba's revolutions of 1933 and 1959 became touchstones for border-crossing endeavors of radical politics and cultural experimentation over the mid-twentieth century.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Remapping 'our America': US-Cuban transnational history; 2. Documenting the 'crime of Cuba': the US-Cuban transnational left and the 1933 revolution; 3. Good or bad neighbors? Pan-American culture and the 1933 Cuban Revolution; 4. Race and revolution in verse: US-Cuban diasporic culture and politics; 5. The making of revolutionary exceptionalism: (post)modernization and remixing the cultural left; 6. Race and the Cuban Revolution in the post-Bandung era; 7. From suffragists to soldiers: revolutionary womanhood and gendered citizenship; Conclusion.

About the author

John A. Gronbeck-Tedesco is Assistant Professor and Convener of American Studies at Ramapo College of New Jersey.

Summary

This book examines the ways in which Cuba's revolutions of 1933 and 1959 became touchstones for border-crossing endeavors of radical politics and cultural experimentation over the mid-twentieth century. It argues that new networks of solidarity building between US and Cuban allies also brought with them perils and pitfalls that could not be separated from the longer history of US empire in Cuba.

Product details

• Authors: John A. Gronbeck-Tedesco, John A. (Ramapo College of New J Gronbeck-Tedesco, Gronbeck-Tedesco John A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781107443617
• ISBN: 978-1-107-44361-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Ethnic Studies, Latin America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, HISTORY / Latin America / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Politics & government, Archaeology, Revolutionary groups & movements, Politics and government, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, History of the Americas, History and Archaeology, Revolutionary groups and movements, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General