{"product_id":"visions-of-power-in-cuba-lillian-guerra-9781469618869","title":"Visions of Power in Cuba: Revolution, Redemption, and Resistance, 1959-1971","description":"In the tumultuous first decade of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro and other leaders saturated the media with altruistic images of themselves in a campaign to win the hearts of Cuba's six million citizens. In \u003ci\u003eVisions of Power in Cuba\u003c\/i\u003e, Lillian Guerra argues that these visual representations explained rapidly occurring events and encouraged radical change and mutual self-sacrifice. \u003cbr\u003e Mass rallies and labor mobilizations of unprecedented scale produced tangible evidence of what Fidel Castro called \"unanimous support\" for a revolution whose \"moral power\" defied U.S. control. Yet participation in state-orchestrated spectacles quickly became a requirement for political inclusion in a new Cuba that policed most forms of dissent. Devoted revolutionaries who resisted disastrous economic policies, exposed post-1959 racism, and challenged gender norms set by Cuba's one-party state increasingly found themselves marginalized, silenced, or jailed. Using previously unexplored sources, Guerra focuses on the lived experiences of citizens, including peasants, intellectuals, former prostitutes, black activists, and filmmakers, as they struggled to author their own scripts of revolution by resisting repression, defying state-imposed boundaries, and working for anti-imperial redemption in a truly free Cuba. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lillian Guerra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1469618869\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469618869\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/02\/2015 pg. 51","brand":"Lillian Guerra","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980456919295,"sku":"9781469618869","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cd1acb1a-7780-4904-8673-6fea1788483a.jpg?v=1683250008","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/visions-of-power-in-cuba-lillian-guerra-9781469618869","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}