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Havana beyond the Ruins: Cultural Mappings after 1989

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In Havana beyond the Ruins, prominent architects, scholars, and writers based in and out of doors of Cuba analyze how Havana has been portrayed in literature, music, and the visual arts since Soviet subsidies of Cuba ceased, and the Cuban state has re-imagined Havana as a destination for international tourists and business ventures. Cuba’s capital has experienced little construction for the reason that revolution of 1959; many of its citizens live in poorly maintained colonial and modernist dwellings. It’s this Havana—of crumbling houses, old cars, and a romantic air of secrecy of ruined hopes—that may be marketed in picture books, memorabilia, and films. Meanwhile, Cuba remains a socialist economy, and government agencies take care of significant regulate of urban development, housing, and employment. Home to more than two million people and a locus of Cuban national identity, Havana nowadays struggles with the one of the crucial same problems as other growing world cities, including slums and escalating social and racial inequalities. Bringing together assessments of the city’s dwellings and urban development projects, Havana beyond the Ruins provides unique insights into issues of memory, citizenship, urban life, and the way forward for the revolution in Cuba.

Contributors
Emma Álvarez-Tabío Albo
Eric Felipe-Barkin
Anke Birkenmaier
Velia Cecilia Bobes
Mario Coyula-Cowley
Elisabeth Enenbach
Sujatha Fernandes
Jill Hamberg
Patricio del Real
Cecelia Lawless
Jacqueline Loss
Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo
Antonio José Ponte
Nicolás Quintana
Jose Quiroga
Laura Redruello
Rafael Rojas
Joseph L. Scarpaci
Esther Whitfield

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