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This is Cuba: An Outlaw Culture Survives Hardcover - 2002

by Ben Corbett


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Beyond the throngs of tourists streaming through Central Havana's broad Prado Avenue, and outside the yoke of Castro's 43-year-old Revolutionary program, there exists a parallel Cuba - a separate evolution of a people struggling to survive. With personal stories that depict a people torn between following the directives of their government and finding a way to better their lot, journalist Ben Corbett gives us the daily life of many considered outlaws by Castro's regime. But are they outlaws or rather ingenious survivors of what many Cubans consider to be a forty-year mistake, a tangle of contradictions that have led to a stable instability?At a time when Cuba precariously walks on the ledge between socialism and capitalism, This is Cuba gets to the heart of this so-called outlaw culture, bringing readers into the living rooms, rooftops, parks, and city streets to listen to stories of frustration, hope, and survival.

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"Rico mani! Rosita rica!" At the Payret theater on the corner of Prado Avenue and San Jose, an old woman driffs past, drawling out the tired vowels.

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  • Title This is Cuba: An Outlaw Culture Survives
  • Author Ben Corbett
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books, Cambridge, MA
  • Date October 15, 2002
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780813338262 / 0813338263
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.28 x 6.25 x 1.11 in (23.57 x 15.88 x 2.82 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Cuba - Social conditions - 1959-, Cuba - Description and travel
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002008515
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.097

About the author

Ben Corbett is a freelance journalist who has spent several years researching and writing almost exlusively on Cuban culture, politics, and economics. Some of his features on Cuba have appeared in Salon, Tattoo Magazine, Easyriders, Fringe Golf, and Relix . He lives in Colorado.
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