Cuba Represent! Cuban Arts, State Power, and the Making of New Revolutionary Cultures

Name: Cuba Represent! Cuban Arts, State Power, and the Making of New Revolutionary Cultures
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ISBN: 9780822338918

ISBN-10: 0822338912

ISBN-13: 9780822338918

Edition: 2006

Authors: Sujatha Fernandes

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In Cuba something curious has happened over the past fifteen years. The government has allowed vocal criticism of its policies to be expressed within the arts. Filmmakers, rappers, and visual and performance artists have addressed sensitive issues including bureaucracy, racial and gender discrimination, emigration, and alienation. How can this vibrant body of work be reconciled with the standard representations of a repressive, authoritarian cultural apparatus? In "Cuba Represent!" Sujatha Fernandes--a scholar and musician who has performed in Cuba--answers that question. Combining textual analyses of films, rap songs, and visual artworks; ethnographic material collected in Cuba; and…

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List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 10/25/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Artistic Public Spheres and the State



Remaking Conceptual Worlds: Changing Ideologies in Socialist Cuba



Old Utopias, New Realities: Film Publics, Critical Debates, and New Modes of Incorporation



Fear of a Black Nation: Local Rappers, Transnational Crossings, and State Power



Postwar Reconstructions: State Institutions, Public Art, and the New Market Conditions of Production


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index