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This Is Cuba

An Outlaw Culture Survives

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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 has resulted in a strange hybrid of American-style capitalism and a homegrown black market economy. At a time when Cuba walks precariously on the ledge between socialism and capitalism, This Is Cuba gets to the heart of this so-called outlaw culture, taking readers into the living rooms, rooftops, parks, and city streets to hear stories of frustration, hope, and survival. Updated with a new preface.

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Oct 15, 2007
Page Count
320 pages
Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-13
9780465009961

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Ben Corbett

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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