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Dreaming in Russian : the Cuban Soviet imaginary / by Jacqueline Loss.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013.Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 254 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780292762039
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 327.7291047
LOC classification:
  • 107 F 1776.3 L881d 2013
Contents:
Koniec -- Crossed Destinies -- Cuban Intermediaries -- "Made in USSR" -- The Phantasmagoric Sputnik -- Coda: The Soviet Theme Park.
Summary: 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 country’s 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.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 107 F 1776.3 L881d 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000121495

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Koniec -- Crossed Destinies -- Cuban Intermediaries -- "Made in USSR" -- The Phantasmagoric Sputnik -- Coda: The Soviet Theme Park.

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 country’s 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.

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