This dissertation examines the post-1959 activism of Cuba's socially critical artists and
intellectuals, and the effects of the Cuban state's institutionalization of culture. I analyze the …

In Cuba something curious has happened over the past fifteen years. The government has
allowed vocal criticism of its policies to be expressed within the arts. Filmmakers, rappers …

This essay analyzes the relationships between culture, power, and politics in contemporary
Cuba through the lens of hip-hop. In particular, I look at the interactions between Cuban …

This dissertation explores the emergent movimiento de hip hop cubano (the Cuban hip hop
movement) as a critical site to examine the interplay of race and social transformation in …

Most scholars suggest that the reason the Cuban socialist state has endured more than ten
years after the collapse of the Soviet Union is because of the increased repression …

Following the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the globalization of Cuban culture, along
with the bankruptcy of the state, partly modified the terms of intellectual engagement …

This dissertation studies the creative practices of citizens who use cultural resources to
engage in political criticism in contemporary Cuba. I argue that, in order to become visible as …

In The Cuban Hustle, Sujatha Fernandes explores the multitudinous ways artists, activists,
and ordinary Cubans have hustled to survive and express themselves in the aftermath of the …

Trumpets in the Mountains is a compelling ethnography about Cuban culture, artistic
performance, and the shift in national identity after 1990, when the loss of Soviet subsidies …

This essay introduces the dossier “Cultural Politics and Political Cultures of the Cuban
Revolution,” with contributions from scholars Marysol Quevedo, Elizabeth Schwall, Elizabeth …