Cuba : The Shaping of Revolutionary Consciousness / Tzvi Medin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Medin, Tzvi, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communism and culture--Cuba.

Communism and culture.

Political socialization--Cuba.

Political socialization.

Popular culture--Cuba.

Popular culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Ranging from literacy campaigns, to poetry, to popular music, films, and detective fiction, Medin recounts the efforts of Cuba's leaders to shape a popular revolutionary social consciousness.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

I Consciousness and the Essence of the Revolutionary Message

1 On the Necessity of Shaping a Revolutionary Consciousness

2 The Essential Context: Existence as Confrontation and Heroism

3 The Basic Manicheism of the Revolutionary Message

4 Marxism-Leninism and Cuban Nationalism

II Channels of Projection

5 Education

6 The Cinema

7 Detective Fiction

8 Poetry

9 Popular Music

10 The Theater

11 The Testimonial Genre and Some of Its Artistic Manifestations

12 The Revolutionary Armed Forces

13 Mass Organizations and the Vanguard Party

III Conclusions

14 Final Reflections

Abbreviations

References

Index

About the Book and the Author

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Aug 2023)

ISBN:

1-68585-879-1

OCLC:

1394871690