Haydée Santamaría, Cuban revolutionary
she led by transgression
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Word Count
57,750 words, Guess
Page Count
231 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivehaydeesantamaria0000rand
- ISBN-139780822359623
- ISBN-100822359421
- ISBN-100822359626
- ISBN-139780822359425
and 5 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2015003794
- OCLC Control Number902727222
- Better World Books9780822359425
- Better World Books9780822359623
- Open LibraryOL27189865M
Classifications
- DDC972.9106/3092
- DDCB
- LCCF1788.22.S265 R36 2015
and 1 more
- LCCF1788.22.S265R36
Description
Taking part in the Cuban Revolution's first armed action in 1953, enduring the torture and killings of her brother and fiancé, assuming a leadership role in the underground movement, and smuggling weapons into Cuba, Haydée Santamaría was the only woman to participate in every phase of the Revolution. Virtually unknown outside of Cuba, Santamaría was a trusted member of Fidel Castro's inner circle and friend of Che Guevara. Following the Revolution's victory Santamaría founded and ran the cultural and arts instituion Casa de las Americas, which attracted cutting-edge artists, exposed Cubans to some of the world's greatest creative minds, and protected queer, black, and feminist artists from state repression. Santamaría's suicide in 1980 caused confusion and discomfort throughout Cuba; despite her commitment to the Revolution, communist orthodoxy's disapproval of suicide prevented the Cuban leadership from mourning and celebrating her in the Plaza of the Revolution. In this impressionistic portrait of her friend Haydée Santamaría, Margaret Randall shows how one woman can help change the course of history. -- Provided by publisher.
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