ISBN:
9781469625003
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 292 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Envisioning Cuba
DDC:
305.42097291
Keywords:
Women History 20th century
;
Women Social conditions 20th century
;
Women's rights
;
Cuba History Revolution, 1959
;
Participation, Female
;
Kuba
;
Frau
;
Soziale Stellung
;
Politischer Prozess
;
Kubanische Revolution
;
Geschichte 1952-1962
Abstract:
"A handful of celebrated photographs show armed, fatigues-clad female Cuban insurgents alongside their compañeros in Cuba's remote mountains during the revolutionary struggle. However, the story of women's part in the struggle's success only now receives comprehensive consideration in Michelle Chase's history of women and gender politics in revolutionary Cuba. Restoring to history women's participation in the all-important urban insurrection, and resisting Fidel Castro's triumphant claim that women's emancipation was handed to them as a 'revolution within the revolution,' Chase's work demonstrates that women's activism and leadership was critical at every stage of the revolutionary process."--
Abstract:
Dead cities and other forms of protest, 1952-1955 -- The domestication of violence, 1955-1958 -- Maternalism and the moral authority of revolution, 1956-1958 -- The new woman and the old Left, 1959-1960 -- From the consumer's revolution to the economic war, 1959-1962 -- The destruction and salvation of the Cuban family, 1959-1962
Description / Table of Contents:
Dead cities and other forms of protest, 1952-1955The domestication of violence, 1955-1958 -- Maternalism and the moral authority of revolution, 1956-1958 -- The new woman and the old Left, 1959-1960 -- From the consumer's revolution to the economic war, 1959-1962 -- The destruction and salvation of the Cuban family, 1959-1962.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-283) and index
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