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The revolution is for the children : the politics of childhood in Havana and Miami, 1959-1962

Title
The revolution is for the children : the politics of childhood in Havana and Miami, 1959-1962 / Anita Casavantes Bradford.
Author
Casavantes Bradford, Anita
Publication
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2014]
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xii, 263 pages; 24 cm.
Summary
"Since 1959, the Cuban revolutionary government has proudly proclaimed that "the revolution is for the children." Many Cuban Americans reject this claim, asserting that they chose exile in the United States to protect their children from the evils of "Castro-communism." Anita Casavantes Bradford's analysis of the pivotal years between the Revolution's triumph and the 1962 Missile Crisis uncovers how and when children were first pressed into political service by ideologically opposed Cuban communities on both sides of the Florida Straits. Casavantes Bradford argues that, in Havana, the Castro government deployed a morally charged "politics of childhood" to steer a nationalist and reformist revolution toward socialism. At the same time, Miami exile leaders put children at the heart of efforts to mobilize opposition to Castro's regime and to link the well-being of Cuban refugees to U.S. Cold War foreign policy objectives. Casavantes Bradford concludes that the 1999 Elian Gonzalez custody battle was the most notorious recent manifestation of the ongoing struggle to define and control Cuban childhood, revealing the persistent centrality of children to Cuban politics and national identity. "--
Series Statement
Envisioning Cuba
Uniform Title
Envisioning Cuba.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
JFE 14-4148
ISBN
  • 9781469611525 (pbk.)
  • 146961152X (pbk.)
  • 9781469611549 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2013041141
OCLC
867769700
Author
Casavantes Bradford, Anita, author.
Title
The revolution is for the children : the politics of childhood in Havana and Miami, 1959-1962 / Anita Casavantes Bradford.
Publisher
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2014]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Envisioning Cuba
Envisioning Cuba.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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JFE 14-4148
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