• Académicos

    “A Cuba That Keeps Unsettling”: An Interview with Ailynn Torres Santana and Diosnara Ortega González

    Special Issue Editor(s): Michelle Chase, Isabella Cosse, Melina Pappademos, Heidi TinsmanAs the Cuban Revolution reaches its sixtieth anniversary, contributors to this special issue explore the impact of the revolution through the lens of sexuality and gender, providing a social and cultural history that illuminates the Cuban-influenced global New Left. Moving beyond assumptions about the revolutionary left’s hypermasculinity and homophobia, the issue takes a nuanced approach to the Cuban Revolution’s impact on gender and sexuality. Contributors study Cuban internationalist campaigns, the relationship between cultural diplomacy and mass media, and visual images of revolution and solidarity. They follow the emergence and negotiation of new gender ideals through the transgendering of Che’s “New Man,” the Cuban travels…