Race in Cuba - Essays on the Revolution and Racial Inequality (Paperback)

As a young militant in the 26th of July Movement, Esteban Morales Dominguez participated in the overthrow of the Batista regime and the triumph of the Cuban Revolution. The revolutionaries, he understood, sought to establish a more just and egalitarian society. But Morales Dominguez, an Afro-Cuban, knew that the complicated question of race could not be ignored, or simply willed away in a post-revolutionary context. Today, he is one of Cuba's most prominent Afro-Cuban intellectuals and its leading authority on the race question. Available for the first time in English, the essays collected here describe the problem of racial inequality in Cuba, provide evidence of its existence, constructively criticize efforts by the Cuban political leadership to end discrimination, and point to a possible way forward. Morales Dominguez surveys the major advancements in race relations that occurred as a result of the revolution, but does not ignore continuing signs of inequality and discrimination. Instead, he argues that the revolution must be an ongoing process and that to truly transform society it must continue to confront the question of race in Cuba.

General

Imprint:	Monthly Review Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2012
First published:	December 2012
Authors:	Esteban Morales Dominguez
Editors:	Gary Prevost • August H. Nimtz
Translators:	Gary Prevost • August H. Nimtz
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-1-58367-320-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Multicultural studies > General
LSN:	1-58367-320-2
Barcode:	9781583673201

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