Visions of power in Cuba : revolution, redemption, and resistance, 1959-1971 / Lillian Guerra.

Author/creator Guerra, Lillian
Format Book
Publication InfoChapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, ©2012.
Descriptionxvi, 467 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Press and propaganda--Cuba.
Public opinion--Cuba.
Social psychology--Cuba.
Cuba--History. --Revolution, 1959. --Propaganda.
Cuba--History. --Revolution, 1959. --Public opinion.
Cuba--History. --1959-1990.

SeriesEnvisioning Cuba
Envisioning Cuba. ^A475880
Contents Introduction : "Today, even Fidel is a counterrevolutionary!" : excavating the grand narrative of the Cuban Revolution -- The olive green revolution : media, mass rallies, agrarian reform, and the birth of the Fidelista state -- Good Cubans, bad Cubans, and the trappings of revolutionary faith -- War of words : laying the groundwork for radicalization -- Turning the world upside down : Fidelismo as a cultural religion and national crisis as a way of life -- Resistance, repression, and co-optation among the revolution's chosen people -- Class war and complicity in a grassroots dictatorship : gusanos, citizen-spies, and the early role of Cuban youth -- Juventud rebelde : nonconformity, gender, and the struggle to control revolutionary youth -- Self-styled revolutionaries : forgotten struggles for social change and the problem of unintended dissidence -- The ofensiva revolucionaria and the zafra de los diez millones : inducing popular euphoria, fraying Fidelismo -- The reel, real, and hyper-real revolution : self-representation and political performance in everyday life -- Epilogue : the revolution that might have been and the revolution that was : memory, amnesia, and history.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [369]-444) and index.
LCCN 2012004090
ISBN9780807835630 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807835633 (cloth : alk. paper)

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