Cuba : The Shaping of Revolutionary Consciousness

Ranging from literacy campaigns, to poetry, to popular music, films, and detective fiction, Medin recounts the efforts of Cuba's leaders to shape a popular revolutionary social consciousness. Contents Introduction I Consciousness and the Essence of the Revolutionary Message 1 On the Necessity of Shaping a Revolutionary Consciousness 2 The Essential Context: Existence as Confrontation and Heroism 3 The Basic Manicheism of the Revolutionary Message 4 Marxism-Leninism and Cuban Nationalism II Channels of Projection 5 Education 6 The Cinema 7 Detective Fiction 8 Poetry 9 Popular Music 10 The Theater 11 The Testimonial Genre and Some of Its Artistic Manifestations 12 The Revolutionary Armed Forces 13 Mass Organizations and the Vanguard Party III Conclusions 14 Final Reflections Abbreviations References Index About the Book and the Author