Cuban Cultural Heritage : A Rebel Past for a Revolutionary Nation PDF
by Pablo Alonso Gonzalez
Part of the Cultural Heritage Studies series
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The role of cultural heritage and museums in constructing national identity in postcolonial Cuba
Cuban Cultural Heritage explores the role that cultural heritage and museums played in the construction of a national identity in postcolonial Cuba. Starting with independence from Spain in 1898 and moving through Cuban-American rapprochement in 2014, Pablo Alonso Gonzlez illustrates how political and ideological shifts have influenced ideas about heritage and how, in turn, heritage has been used by different social actors to reiterate their status, spread new ideologies, and consolidate political regimes.
Unveiling the connections between heritage, power, and ideology, Alonso Gonzalez delves into the intricacies of Cuban history, covering key issues such as Cubas cultural and political relationships with Spain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and so-called Third World countries; the complexities of Cubas status as a postcolonial state; and the potential future paths of the Revolution in the years to come. This volume offers a detailed look at the function and place of cultural heritage under socialist states.
A volume in the series Cultural Heritage Studies, edited by Paul A. Shackel
Publication of the paperback edition made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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- Pages:352 pages
- Publisher:University Press of Florida
- Publication Date:16/01/2018
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- ISBN:9780813052175
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:352 pages
- Publisher:University Press of Florida
- Publication Date:16/01/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9780813052175
