ShopSpell

Dreaming In Russian The Cuban Soviet Imaginary [Paperback]

$32.99       (Free Shipping)
100 available
  • Category: Books (Social Science)
  • Author:  Jacqueline Loss
  • Author:  Jacqueline Loss
  • ISBN-10:  0292762038
  • ISBN-10:  0292762038
  • ISBN-13:  9780292762039
  • ISBN-13:  9780292762039
  • Publisher:  University of Texas Press
  • Publisher:  University of Texas Press
  • Pages:  264
  • Pages:  264
  • Binding:  Paperback
  • Binding:  Paperback
  • Pub Date:  01-Jun-2013
  • Pub Date:  01-Jun-2013
  • SKU:  0292762038-11-MPOD
  • SKU:  0292762038-11-MPOD
  • Item ID: 100185750
  • Seller: ShopSpell
  • Ships in: 2 business days
  • Transit time: Up to 5 business days
  • Delivery by: Apr 07 to Apr 09
  • Notes: Brand New Book. Order Now.

The specter of the Soviet Union lingers in Cuba, yet until now there has been no book-length work on the ways Cubans process their countrys relationship with the Soviet bloc. Dreaming in Russian at last brings into the light the reality that for nearly three decades, the Soviet Union subsidized the island economically, intervened in military matters, and exported distinct pedagogical and cultural models to Cuba. Drawing on interviews with Cuban artists and intellectuals, as well as treasures from cinematographic and bibliographic archives, Jacqueline Loss delivers the first book to show that Cuba remembers and retains many aspects of the Soviet era, far from shedding those cultural facets as relics of the Cold War.

Weaving together intriguing, seldom-seen images, Dreaming in Russian showcases the ways in which Cubas relationship to its Soviet benefactors lingered after the disintegration of the U.S.S.R. in 1991. Analyzing numerous literary texts and works of visual art, Loss also incorporates aspects of architecture, popular culture, the space race, and other strands to create a captivating new perspective on Cuban society. Among the luminaries featured are poet Reina Mar?a Rodr?guez, writer Antonio Jos? Ponte, visual artist Tonel, and novelist Wendy Guerra. A departure from traditional cultural history, Losss approach instead presents a kaleidoscopic series of facets, reflecting the hybrid nature of the self-images that emerged in the aftermath of the Soviet aegis. As speculations about Cubas future under Fidel Castros heir apparent continue, the portrait that emerges in Dreaming in Russian is both timely and mesmerizing.

Add Review