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1. DANCING COLLABORATION: LORNA BURDSALL AND ELFRIEDE MAHLER IN REVOLUTIONARY CUBA.

Author

Schwall, Elizabeth

Subjects
*SOLIDARITY, *IMPERIALISM
Abstract

US modern dancers Lorna Burdsall and Elfriede Mahler ended up in Cuba for love and vacation respectively, but went on to become important leaders in the revolutionary dance establishment. Cultural bureaucrats tapped them for leadership positions due to their whiteness, femininity, and markers of status in the form of foreign experience. Given the ongoing Cold War tensions between their native and adopted homes, Burdsall and Mahler had to navigate the awkward contradictions of being from the United States (the enemy), collaborating with revolutionary Cubans on national dance projects, and enjoying a distinguished professional career in the process. Undeniably anomalous, Burdsall and Mahler's histories have broader explanatory power by highlighting the basic fact that solidarity is a performance. Additionally, this article contributes to understandings of US-Cuban relations during the Cold War by focusing on the awkwardness of being a Yankee in revolutionary Cuba. More specifically, dancing collaboration was awkward because of the paradoxical privileges they enjoyed, the defensive choreographies they staged to try and belong, and the ambivalent identities they cobbled together as they made a home away from home. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023
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47. Havana:Two Faces of the Antillean Metropolis

Author

Scarpaci, Joseph L., Coyula, Mario, and Segre, Roberto

Subjects
socialist housing, Havana, Urban design, cuba, Cuban Revolution, built environment, urban planning
Abstract

Awards & DistinctionsA 1998 Choice Outstanding Academic: One of the oldest and most celebrated cities in the Western Hemisphere, Havana is a fascinating metropolis where history has left its handprint on every corner. Here, an international trio of well-known architects and planners assesses nearly five hundred years of development in the Cuban capital. They offer an insightful introduction to Havana's historic architecture and modern buildings, its social and economic fabric, its diverse people, and its contemporary challenges and opportunities.From the colonial and early republican periods, through the 1959 revolution, and into the post-Soviet era and today, the authors trace Havana's physical evolution and place it in the context of important political, economic, and cultural developments. This new edition--which has been completely revised, redesigned, and updated since the book's original publication in 1997--also highlights recent restoration efforts in Old Havana, commercial development projects throughout the city, and the wide-ranging effects of international tourism.

Published
2002

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