Fernandes The Cuban Hustle

Culture, Politics, Everyday Life
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4780-1226-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 179 Seiten

In essays addressing topics ranging from cinema, feminism, and art to hip hop, urban slums, and digital technology, Sujatha Fernandes explores the multitudinous ways ordinary Cubans have sought to hustle, survive, and create expressive cultures in the aftermath of the Soviet Union's collapse.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fernandes, Sujatha

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Rock & Pop, Blues, Soul
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Part I. Cultures of the Special Period
1. Revolution and Rumba: Cuba in the Special Period 9
2. Alice in Wondertown: Interview with Filmmaker Daniel Díaz Torres 15
3. Magín: Feminist Organizing in Cuba 22
4. Vitality in Precarious Conditions: Conversation with Artist/Art Critic Tonel 32
5. Public Art and Art Collectives in Havana 44
6. New Cuban Cinema: Race and Sexuality 53
7. The Capital of Rap: Hip Hop Culture in Alamar 62
8. Cultural Cimarronaje: Afro-Cuban Visual Arts 71
9. Elio Rodríguez: Of Joint Ventures and Sexual Adventures 77
Part II. Normalization: Netflix Meets the Weekly Packet
10. Cuban Rap: Where the Streets Meet Highbrow Art 87
11. Why USAID Could Never Spark a Hip Hop Revolution in Cuba 90
12. Stories that Resonate: New Cultures of Documentary Filmmaking in Cuba (With Alexandra Hakin) 94
13. What Do Cubans Think of Normalization with the United States? 100
14. The Repeating Barrio 104
15. In Cuba, Will the Revolution Be Digitized? 111
16. Afro-Cuban Activists Fight Racism between Two Fires 120
17. Black Diasporic Dialogues in Post-Soviet Cuba 129
18. The Many Shades of Fidel Castro 133
Part III. Cuban Futures and the Trump Era
19. The Cold War Politics of Donald Trump 139
20. Hairdressers of the World, Unite! (You Have Nothing to Lose but Your Locks. and a Community to Win) 143
21. How Socially Engaged Activism Is Transforming Cuba 152
22. A Ship Adrift: Cuba after the Pink Tide 162
Epilogue 167

Über Autor(innen)

Sujatha Fernandes is Professor of Political Economy and Sociology at the University of Sydney and author of Cuba Represent!: Cuban Arts, State Power, and the Making of New Revolutionary Cultures and Who Can Stop the Drums?: Urban Social Movements in Chávez's Venezuela both also published by Duke University Press, and most recently of Curated Stories: The Uses and Misuses of Storytelling.