Soviet Influence on Cuban Culture, 1961-1987: When the Soviets Came to Stay

Isabel Story

doi:10.5771/9781498580120

Summary

This book examines the ways in which the Cuban-Soviet relationship was expressed in the cultural sphere between 1961 and 1987. It specifically focuses on the theater and the visual arts to analyze the ways in which the culture became a means of asserting the Cuban Revolution’s independence.

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Edition: 1/2019
Copyright year: 2019
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4985-8011-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4985-8012-0
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 232
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgements No access
3. Introduction No access
1. “Kuba” and the “URSS” No access
2. 1970s No access
3. 1980s No access
4. Los Bolos No access
5. Notes No access
1. The Bolshevik Revolution No access
2. Unifying Term No access
3. Dogmatization No access
4. Thaw(s) No access
5. Stagnation (1964–1986) No access
6. Socialist, Realist, and International(ist) No access
7. Notes No access
1. Organizational Poles and Orientation No access
2. Establishing an Organizational Tradition No access
3. Defending the New Man No access
4. Culture of the Masses, for the Masses: Redefining Mass Culture No access
5. Artistic Forms and Local Norms No access
6. The Great Appropriation No access
7. Notes No access
1. Cuban culture in “our” America No access
2. Culture Is not a Luxury No access
3. Notes No access
1. Pre-Rebellion Theater No access
2. (Amateur) Theater: A Key Tool of Social and Political Change No access
3. 1968—Artists Become Men and Women of Action No access
4. Quinquenio Gris (1971–1975/6) No access
5. 1976: Redefining the Soviet-Cuban Relationship and Institutionalizing Post-Quinquenio Gris No access
6. Notes No access
1. Pre-Revolutionary Plastic Arts No access
2. Making the Difficulties a Virtue No access
3. An Educated Struggle No access
4. Changing roles, changing institutions No access
5. Redefining the possibilities of art No access
6. International(ist) Culture No access
7. Notes No access
1. Notes No access
Bibliography No access Pages 199 - 218
Glossary of Terms No access Pages 219 - 220
Timelines No access Pages 221 - 224
Index No access Pages 225 - 230
About the Author No access Pages 231 - 232