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This book explores Sartre's engagement with the Cuban Revolution.
In early 1960 Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir accepted the
invitation to visit Cuba and to report on the revolution. They
arrived during the carnival in a land bursting with revolutionary
activity. They visited Che Guevara, head of the National Bank. They
toured the island with Fidel Castro. They met ministers,
journalists, students, writers, artists, dockers and agricultural
workers. Sartre spoke at the University of Havana. Sartre later
published his Cuba reports in France-Soir. Sartre endorsed the
Cuban Revolution. He made clear his political identification. He
opposed colonialism. He saw the US as colonial in Cuban affairs
from 1898. He supported Fidel Castro. He supported the agrarian
reform. He supported the revolution. His Cuba accounts have been
maligned, ignored and understudied. They have been denounced as
blind praise of Castro, 'unabashed propaganda.' They have been
criticised for 'cliches,' 'panegyric' and 'analytical
superficiality.' They have been called 'crazy' and
'incomprehensible.' Sartre was called naive. He was rebuked as a
fellow traveller. He was, in the words of Cuban author Guillermo
Cabrera Infante, duped by 'Chic Guevara.' This book explores these
accusations. Were Sartre's Cuba texts propaganda? Are they blind
praise? Was he naive? Had he been deceived by Castro? Had he
deceived his readers? Was he obligated to Castro or to the
Revolution? He later buried the reports, and abandoned a separate
Cuba book. His relationship with Castro later turned sour. What is
the impact of Cuba on Sartre and of Sartre on Cuba?
This book explores Sartre's engagement with the Cuban Revolution.
In early 1960 Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir accepted the
invitation to visit Cuba and to report on the revolution. They
arrived during the carnival in a land bursting with revolutionary
activity. They visited Che Guevara, head of the National Bank. They
toured the island with Fidel Castro. They met ministers,
journalists, students, writers, artists, dockers and agricultural
workers. Sartre spoke at the University of Havana. Sartre later
published his Cuba reports in France-Soir. Sartre endorsed the
Cuban Revolution. He made clear his political identification. He
opposed colonialism. He saw the US as colonial in Cuban affairs
from 1898. He supported Fidel Castro. He supported the agrarian
reform. He supported the revolution. His Cuba accounts have been
maligned, ignored and understudied. They have been denounced as
blind praise of Castro, 'unabashed propaganda.' They have been
criticised for 'cliches,' 'panegyric' and 'analytical
superficiality.' They have been called 'crazy' and
'incomprehensible.' Sartre was called naive. He was rebuked as a
fellow traveller. He was, in the words of Cuban author Guillermo
Cabrera Infante, duped by 'Chic Guevara.' This book explores these
accusations. Were Sartre's Cuba texts propaganda? Are they blind
praise? Was he naive? Had he been deceived by Castro? Had he
deceived his readers? Was he obligated to Castro or to the
Revolution? He later buried the reports, and abandoned a separate
Cuba book. His relationship with Castro later turned sour. What is
the impact of Cuba on Sartre and of Sartre on Cuba?
This Biography of a runaway slave is arguably the best-known book
to have been written and published in revolutionary Cuba, being the
testimonial narrative of Esteban Montejo, a former slave, runaway,
and soldier in the Cuban wars of independence. The text is the
collaboration between ethnographer Miguel Barnet and Montejo, the
result of three years of tape-recorded interviews, transcribed,
edited and annotated by Barnet. Montejo provides a first-hand
account of slavery in nineteenth-century Cuba - the language,
religion, music, and customs - and describes life in the sugar
plantations and mills and as a runaway slave. Montejo's text also
covers key historical moments, from slavery to Abolition, the Ten
Years War, the Spanish American War, and US intervention in the new
republic. Reflecting the growing interest in Latin American and
Cuban Studies, this student edition includes the complete text in
Spanish, notes in English, a time-line of Cuban history and themes
for debate and discussion. The extensive introduction focuses on
three main areas: an overview of Cuban history featuring slavery,
wars of independence and the new republic; an overview of the genre
of the testimonial narrative as it emerged as an important literary
style in revolutionary Cuba; and an analysis of the relationship
between the Cuban Revolution and the publication of the text. There
is also an extensive bibliography. -- .
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