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Visions of power in Cuba : revolution, redemption, and resistance, 1959-1971
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Visions of power in Cuba : revolution, redemption, and resistance, 1959-1971

Lillian Guerra

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Introduction : "Today, even Fidel is a counterrevolutionary!" : excavating the grand narrative of the Cuban Revolution
The olive green revolution : media, mass rallies, agrarian reform, and the birth of the Fidelista state
Good Cubans, bad Cubans, and the trappings of revolutionary faith
War of words : laying the groundwork for radicalization
Turning the world upside down : Fidelismo as a cultural religion and national crisis as a way of life
Resistance, repression, and co-optation among the revolution's chosen people
Class war and complicity in a grassroots dictatorship : gusanos, citizen-spies, and the early role of Cuban youth
Juventud rebelde : nonconformity, gender, and the struggle to control revolutionary youth
Self-styled revolutionaries : forgotten struggles for social change and the problem of unintended dissidence
The ofensiva revolucionaria and the zafra de los diez millones : inducing popular euphoria, fraying Fidelismo
The reel, real, and hyper-real revolution : self-representation and political performance in everyday life
Epilogue : the revolution that might have been and the revolution that was : memory, amnesia, and history.

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Visions of power in Cuba : revolution, redemption, and resistance, 1959-1971 by Lillian Guerra. ISBN 9781469618869. Published by University of North Carolina Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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