Weinreb, Amelia Rosenberg.

Cuba in the shadow of change : daily life in the twilight of the revolution / Amelia Rosenberg Weinreb. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2009. - 254 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Contemporary Cuba . - Contemporary Cuba. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Historical overview: tracing discontent -- Private -- Private space -- Private experience -- Means -- Words and means: the special period lexicon -- What goods mean in Cuba -- Dollars, means, and the new Cuban class system -- Free -- Un-migration -- Freedom offstage -- Conclusion: citizens, consumers, and shadow publics in time and space.

9780813033693 (alk. paper) 0813033691 (alk. paper)

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015265986 Uk


Ethnology--Cuba.
Economic anthropology--Cuba.
Social classes--Cuba.
Social change--Cuba.
Consumption (Economics)--Cuba.


Cuba--History--Revolution, 1959.
Cuba--Economic conditions--21st century.
Cuba--Social life and customs.

GN564.C9 / W45 2009

306.097291