Abstract
Cuban Cultural Heritage: A Rebel Past for a Revolutionary Nation, by Pablo Alonso González
Highlights
The strength of this book resides more in its extensive use of primary sources and interviews than in its mastery of secondary sources. For instance it overlooks most of the work of Rafael Rojas, perhaps the most important historian in the area of culture, history, and national identity in Cuba
A common thread in histories of Cuba during this period is the quest for a strong national identity, based on a coherent interpretation and memory of both its colonial and postcolonial past
Alonso González offers a meticulous and balanced interpretation of how successive generations of political leaders tried to use the past for their own political interests, while reproducing some of the dominant and general passions of their time
Summary
Pablo Alonso González, Cuban Cultural Heritage: A Rebel Past for a Revolutionary Nation. Pablo Alonso González, a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, is the author of several publications in the area of cultural heritage, archaeology, visual anthropology, and spatial planning.
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