cuba in the special period: culture and ideology in the 1990s

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About the Book:Writing the Special Period: An Introduction – Ariana Hernandez-Reguant PART I: FOREIGN COMMERCE Truths and Fictions: The Economics of Writing, 1994-1999 – Esther Whitfield Filmmaking with Foreigners – Cristina Venegas Spiritual Capital: Foreign Patronage and the Trafficking of Santera – Kevin M. Delgado PART II: PLURAL NATION Multicubanidad – Ariana Hernandez-Reguant Preemptive Nostalgia and La Batalla for Cuban Identity: Option Zero Theater – Laurie Frederik Meer Wandering in Russian – Jacqueline Loss The ‘Letter of the Year’ and the Prophetics of Revolution – Kenneth Routon PART III: TRANSNATIONAL PUBLICS El Rap Cubano: Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop the Movement! – Roberto Zurbano, Translated by Kate Levitt Audiovisual Remittances and Transnational Subjectivities – Lisa Maya Knauer Ending the Century with Memories . . .: Paper Money, Videos, and an X-Acto Knife for Cuban Art – Antonio Eligio Fernndez, ‘Tonel, ‘ Translated by Kate Levitt