02847nam 2200649Ia 450 991082917470332120240313041652.00-8130-3885-50-8130-4318-2(CKB)3450000000003200(EBL)1026584(OCoLC)811507115(SSID)ssj0000628333(PQKBManifestationID)11388839(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000628333(PQKBWorkID)10711291(PQKB)10807505(StDuBDS)EDZ0000035400(MiAaPQ)EBC1026584(OCoLC)801844792(MdBmJHUP)muse22356(Au-PeEL)EBL1026584(CaPaEBR)ebr10603471(CaONFJC)MIL513094(EXLCZ)99345000000000320020100128d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHidden powers of state in the Cuban imagination /Kenneth Routon1st ed.Gainesville University Press of Floridac20101 online resource (217 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8130-3483-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1. The Magic of the Revolution; 2. The Eye and the Tongue; 3. The Opacity of Power; 4. Conjuring the Past; 5. Tying the Yuma to the Stick; 6. The Cult of the Profane; 7. The Prophetics of Revolution; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z Despite its hard-nosed emphasis on the demystifying realism of Marxist-Leninist ideology, the political imagery of the Cuban revolution--and the state that followed--conjures up its own magical seductions and fantasies of power. In this fascinating account, Kenneth Routon shows how magic practices and political culture are entangled in Cuba in unusual and intimate ways. Routon describes not only how the monumentality of the state arouses magical sensibilities and popular images of its hidden powers, but he also explores the ways in which revolutionary officialdom has, in recent years,Political cultureCubaSocialismCubaExceptionalismCubaCubaPolitics and government1959-1990CubaPolitics and government1990-Political cultureSocialismExceptionalism972.9106/4Routon Kenneth1650805MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910829174703321Hidden powers of state in the Cuban imagination4000385UNINA