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Fidel Castro and the quest for a revolutionary culture in Cuba

Author: Julie Marie Bunck
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1994.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"An excellent study of political culture, emphasizing cultural and normative resistance to revolutionary values, norms, and goals. Challenges much of the scholarship that maintained that revolution permanently transformed Cuba's traditional culture, and finds that 'most Cuban workers rejected many of the revolutionary requirements of the Castro government' (p. 184). Highly recommended"--Handbook of Latin American  Read more...
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Julie Marie Bunck
ISBN: 027101086X 9780271010861 0271010878 9780271010878
OCLC Number: 28023652
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Virginia.
Description: xv, 237 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Fidel Castro and the quest for a revolutionary culture --
Castro and the children : the struggle for Cuba's young minds --
Castro and the goal of sexual equality --
The revolutionary battle to transform attitudes toward labor --
Revolutionary sports : a genuine success --
The successes and failures of the quest for a revolutionary culture.
Responsibility: Julie Marie Bunck.

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"An excellent study of political culture, emphasizing cultural and normative resistance to revolutionary values, norms, and goals. Challenges much of the scholarship that maintained that revolution permanently transformed Cuba's traditional culture, and finds that 'most Cuban workers rejected many of the revolutionary requirements of the Castro government' (p. 184). Highly recommended"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

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