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Clandestinas : women in the Cuban revolutionary underground, 1955-1959 / Carollee Bengelsdorf ; visual essay by Susan Meiselas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bengelsdorf, Carollee, author.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Political activity--Cuba--History--20th century.
- Women.
- Women revolutionaries--Cuba.
- Women revolutionaries.
- Cuba--History--Revolution, 1959--Underground movements--Participation, Female.
- Cuba.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 288 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Carollee Bengelsdorf's Clandestinas unearths the important role that women played in urban insurrections during the Cuban Revolution. Interrupting narratives of a male-centered revolution and national identity, Bengelsdorf offers an alternative reading of women's revolutionary history in Cuba, repositioning them as active subjects in the overthrow of the Batista regime and, by extension, protagonists and transgressors in the creation of the national mythos. Through several years of fieldwork and extended interviews with former clandestinas, Bengelsdorf unpacks questions of memory, national identity, and revolution, such as challenging the notion that the revolution was only made possible in the country-side. Bengelsdorf's narrative will be accompanied by a visual essay with photographs by Susan Meiselas"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Batista's Quest for Legitimacy
- Disrupting the Narrative: The Frente Ci̹vico de Mujeres Martianas
- Male Bonding: The Sierra Versus the Llano
- The Clandestinas: Why They Were, Who They Were, How They Were
- Clandestinas in Havana: What They Did
- The Uses of Torture
- Aftermaths: Forgetting and Remembering
- Children
- Epilogue: Ame̹rica Domitro
- Clandestinas: A Visual Essay
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Bengelsdorf, Carollee. Clandestinas.
- ISBN:
- 9781478061168
- 1478061162
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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