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

by Sujatha Fernandes

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822338912
• ISBN13: 9780822338918
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"