ISBN:
9781478007142
,
1478007141
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 287 Seiten)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Humphreys, Laura-Zoë, - 1976- Fidel between the lines
DDC:
791.43097291
Keywords:
Motion pictures History and criticism
;
Motion pictures Political aspects
;
Motion pictures History 20th century
;
Motion pictures History 21st century
;
Motion pictures ; Cuba ; History and criticism
;
Motion pictures ; Political aspects ; Cuba
;
Motion pictures ; Cuba ; History ; 20th century
;
Motion pictures ; Cuba ; History ; 21st century
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Kuba
;
Meinungsfreiheit
;
Film
;
Politik
;
Geschichte 1989-2016
Abstract:
In Fidel between the Lines Laura-Zoë Humphreys traces the changing dynamics of criticism and censorship in late socialist Cuba through a focus on cinema. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Cuban state strategically relaxed censorship, attempting to contain dissent by giving it an outlet in the arts. Along with this shift, foreign funding and digital technologies gave filmmakers more freedom to criticize the state than ever before, yet these openings also exacerbated the political paranoia that has long shaped the Cuban public sphere. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, textual analysis, and archival research, Humphreys shows how Cuban filmmakers have historically turned to allegory to communicate an ambivalent relationship to the Revolution, and how such efforts came up against new forms of suspicion in the 1990s and the twenty-first century. Offering insights that extend beyond Cuba, Humphreys reveals what happens to public debate when freedom of expression can no longer be distinguished from complicity while demonstrating the ways in which combining anthropology with film studies can shed light on cinema's broader social and political import.
DOI:
10.1215/9781478007142
URL:
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URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/9781478007142
URL:
Volltext
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URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/9781478007142
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