Soviet Influence on Cuban Culture, 1961–1987

Isabel Story is senior lecturer in the School of Art and Design at Nottingham Trent University.

Since its inception, relations between Havana and Moscow have been subject to a number of preconceptions and assumptions. The bilateral cultural relationship is no different. However, in this meticulously researched work, focusing particularly on theater and the visual arts in two key--but very different--periods (1960 to 1963 and 1975 to 1986), Isabel Story both makes readers question Cuban-Soviet relations in general and also gives rise to a rethinking of culture within the Cuban Revolution itself.

• Chapter 1: Introduction and Structure Chapter 2: The Soviet-Cuban Relationship Chapter 3: The Conception and Trajectory of Socialist Realism in the USSRChapter 4: Cuban Cultural Policy, 1959–1975: Diversity and Rising NationalismChapter 5: Cuban Cultural Policy 1976–1986: Inscribing Cuba in the InternationalChapter 6: Staging the RevolutionChapter 7: Adelante el Arte: The Plastic Arts in CubaChapter 8: Soviet Ruins and Stylized Nostalgia