The New Man in Cuba: Culture and Identity in the Revolution

by Ana Serra

The Cuban Revolution of 1959 not only brought Fidel Castro to power, it transformed Cuban cultural identity, with a new notion of "Cubanness" for men and women that Che Guevara defined as the "New Man." In Serra's examination of political speeches and award-winning novels that perpetuated this new identity during the formative years of the Castro regime, she traces the rise and fall of the "New Man," arguing that writers during this period simultaneously...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813030722
• ISBN13: 9780813030722
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"