People and State in Socialist Cuba : Ideas and Practices of Revolution

This book is a political and anthropological analysis of the concept of Revolution as it is understood and experienced by Cubans in their daily lives. Urban agricultural movements, alternative medicine, self-employment, and migration reveal complex interactions and disrupt assumptions that the Cuban sate is a static, anachronistic regime. This book explores the Cuban Revolution not as an ideology, but as a form of practice and a fluid set of relations. Through an analysis of urban spaces such as urban agriculture, alternative medicine, migration, and self-employment, this book considers the complex interactions between the Cuban people and the state.--Publisher's description Cover 1 Half-Title 2 Title 3 Copyright 4 Contents 6 Acknowledgments 7 List of Abbreviations 8 1 Perpetual Revolution 10 2 Accounts of the Revolution 30 3 Practices of the Revolution 53 4 Discourses on the Revolution 98 5 Limits of the Revolution 129 6 The Revolution and the State 162 Notes 199 Bibliography 205 Index 228 Front Matter....Pages i-xii Perpetual Revolution....Pages 1-20 Accounts of the Revolution....Pages 21-43 Practices of the Revolution....Pages 45-89 Discourses on the Revolution....Pages 91-121 Limits of the Revolution....Pages 123-155 The Revolution and the State....Pages 157-193 Back Matter....Pages 195-236