{"product_id":"joakim-eskildsen-joakim-eskildsen-9783958297043","title":"Joakim Eskildsen: Cuban Studies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe final volume in Joakim Eskildsen's trilogy on dysfunctional political systems\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing \u003ci\u003eAmerican Realities\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), which dealt with people living under the official poverty line in the United States after the financial collapse of 2011, and \u003ci\u003eCornwall\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), a poetic photographic study of the county that voted for Britain to leave the European Union but would now decide otherwise, \u003ci\u003eCuban Studies\u003c\/i\u003e is the result of Eskildsen's (born 1971) journeys between 2013 and 2016, when, accompanied by Cuban journalist Abel Gonzalez, he traveled throughout the country during a period of major transition following economic reforms. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The more I learned about Cuba,\" says Eskildsen, \"the more difficult it became to understand. It was like learning to see the world from a different angle.... From my very first journey, Cuba put a spell on me that made me return again and again. It was a time of optimism and uncertainty, and great hopes for the future.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joakim Eskildsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3958297048\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783958297043\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steidl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Joakim Eskildsen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43941676515583,"sku":"9783958297043","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_58de14f9-d868-4a82-8bf7-b446ed4b3aab.jpg?v=1681454316","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/joakim-eskildsen-joakim-eskildsen-9783958297043","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}