Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm
Reihe: Envisioning Cuba
Power, Politics, and Privilege in Cuba
Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm
Reihe: Envisioning Cuba
ISBN: 978-1-4696-6296-1
Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press
As esteemed artists, Cuban dancers exercised considerable power and influence. They often used their art to posit more radical notions of social justice than political leaders were able or willing to implement. After 1959, while generally promoting revolutionary projects like mass education and internationalist solidarity, they also took risks by challenging racial prejudice, gender norms, and censorship, all of which could affect dancers personally. On a broader level, Schwall shows that dance, too often overlooked in histories of Latin America and the Caribbean, provides fresh perspectives on what it means for people, and nations, to move through the world.