{"product_id":"democracy-and-time-in-cuban-marza-de-los-zngeles-torres-9781683404026","title":"Democracy and Time in Cuban Thought: The Elusive Present","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow the temporalities of past, future, and present have been used in Cuban political rhetoric and expressed in Cuban culture \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this fascinating\u003cbr\u003eanalysis of political discourse in Cuban culture, María de los Ángeles Torres\u003cbr\u003efocuses on how the concept of time has been employed by different political\u003cbr\u003eprojects. While the past and future are often evoked in rhetoric associated\u003cbr\u003ewith authoritarianism, Torres argues, an emphasis on human actions in the\u003cbr\u003epresent is important for a more democratic political culture, and she searches\u003cbr\u003eover a century of Cuban thought for this perspective. Delving into political texts and\u003cbr\u003eessays, literature, and art, Torres puts theories of temporalities in\u003cbr\u003econversation with the Cuban experience. Torres closely examines the use of time\u003cbr\u003eand its political implications in Fidel Castro's\u003cbr\u003e\"History Will Absolve Me\" speech, the writings of Jose Martí and Che Guevara, \u003cbr\u003ethe poetry of Eliseo Diego and the \u003ci\u003eOrígenes \u003c\/i\u003egroup, and paintings and\u003cbr\u003eperformance art by Cuban exiles Nereida García Ferraz, María Martínez-Cañas, \u003cbr\u003eand Tania Bruguera.\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Recent events in Cuba\u003cbr\u003ehave placed the search for democracy and social justice center stage, and\u003cbr\u003eTorres also studies the temporalities underpinning these\u003cbr\u003emovements, asking whether these projects are providing alternatives to overused\u003cbr\u003epast and future tropes. She suggests ways of thinking for today's activists, \u003cbr\u003eencouraging them to remember history and imagine new possibilities while\u003cbr\u003ecultivating space for human agency now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e María de Los Ángeles Torres\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1683404025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781683404026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Florida Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2024","brand":"María de Los Ángeles Torres","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46962669125887,"sku":"9781683404026","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_733a9836-80fd-46a8-8f0e-a2e2c7fcc11d.jpg?v=1750652165","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/democracy-and-time-in-cuban-marza-de-los-zngeles-torres-9781683404026","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}