{"product_id":"cuban-cultural-heritage-pablo-alonso-gonzzalez-9780813056630","title":"Cuban Cultural Heritage: A Rebel Past for a Revolutionary Nation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe role of cultural heritage and museums in constructing national identity in postcolonial Cuba\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring Fidel Castro's rule, Cuban revolutionaries coopted and reinterpreted the previous bourgeois national narrative of Cuba, aligning it with revolutionary ideology through the use of heritage and public symbols. By changing uses of the past in the present, they were able to shift ideologies, power relations, epistemological conceptions, and economic contexts into the Cuba we know today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCuban Cultural Heritage \u003c\/em\u003eexplores 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 González 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnveiling the connections between heritage, power, and ideology, Alonso González delves into the intricacies of Cuban history, covering key issues such as Cuba's cultural and political relationships with Spain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and so-called Third World countries; the complexities of Cuba's 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA volume in the series Cultural Heritage Studies, edited by Paul A. Shackel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pablo Alonso González\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813056632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813056630\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2018","brand":"Pablo Alonso González","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49148195766527,"sku":"9780813056630","price":84.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cuban-cultural-heritage-pablo-alonso-gonzzalez-9780813056630","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}