Cuba in the shadow of change : daily life in the twilight of the revolution /

Cuba in the shadow of change : daily life in the twilight of the revolution /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weinreb, Amelia Rosenberg
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2009]
Series:Contemporary Cuba.
Subjects:
Consumption (Economics) > Cuba.
Social change > Cuba.
Social classes > Cuba.
Economic anthropology > Cuba.
Ethnology > Cuba.
Cuba > Social life and customs.
Cuba > Economic conditions > 21st century.
Cuba > History > Revolution, 1959.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Historical overview: tracing discontent
  • Private
  • Private space
  • Private experience
  • Means
  • Words and means: the special period lexicon
  • What goods mean in Cuba
  • Dollars, means, and the new Cuban class system
  • Free
  • Un-migration
  • Freedom offstage
  • Conclusion: citizens, consumers, and shadow publics in time and space.