03970nam 2200721Ia 450 991046238190332120200520144314.01-4696-0151-60-8078-3736-9(CKB)2670000000242623(EBL)1035004(OCoLC)812508206(SSID)ssj0000722066(PQKBManifestationID)11425502(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000722066(PQKBWorkID)10695470(PQKB)10562729(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245763(MiAaPQ)EBC1035004(OCoLC)867784794(MdBmJHUP)muse23402(Au-PeEL)EBL1035004(CaPaEBR)ebr10604590(CaONFJC)MIL930813(OCoLC)815652117(EXLCZ)99267000000024262320120209d2012 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVisions of power in Cuba[electronic resource] revolution, redemption, and resistance, 1959-1971 /Lillian GuerraChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20121 online resource (488 p.)Envisioning CubaDescription based upon print version of record.1-4696-1886-9 0-8078-3563-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : "Today, even Fidel is a counterrevolutionary!" : excavating the grand narrative of the Cuban Revolution -- The olive green revolution : media, mass rallies, agrarian reform, and the birth of the Fidelista state -- Good Cubans, bad Cubans, and the trappings of revolutionary faith -- War of words : laying the groundwork for radicalization -- Turning the world upside down : Fidelismo as a cultural religion and national crisis as a way of life -- Resistance, repression, and co-optation among the revolution's chosen people -- Class war and complicity in a grassroots dictatorship : gusanos, citizen-spies, and the early role of Cuban youth -- Juventud rebelde : nonconformity, gender, and the struggle to control revolutionary youth -- Self-styled revolutionaries : forgotten struggles for social change and the problem of unintended dissidence -- The ofensiva revolucionaria and the zafra de los diez millones : inducing popular euphoria, fraying Fidelismo -- The reel, real, and hyper-real revolution : self-representation and political performance in everyday life -- Epilogue : the revolution that might have been and the revolution that was : memory, amnesia, and history.In the tumultuous first decade of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro and other leaders saturated the media with altruistic images of themselves in a campaign to win the hearts of Cuba's six million citizens. In Visions of Power in Cuba, Lillian Guerra argues that these visual representations explained rapidly occurring events and encouraged radical change and mutual self-sacrifice. Mass rallies and labor mobilizations of unprecedented scale produced tangible evidence of what Fidel Castro called ""unanimous support"" for a revolution whose ""moral power"" defied U.S. control. Yet pEnvisioning Cuba.Press and propagandaCubaPublic opinionCubaSocial psychologyCubaCubaHistoryRevolution, 1959PropagandaCubaHistoryRevolution, 1959Public opinionCubaHistory1959-1990Electronic books.Press and propagandaPublic opinionSocial psychology972.9106/4Guerra Lillian1053607MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462381903321Visions of power in Cuba2485595UNINA$45.3812/01/2017Hist