Postsocialist puzzle
Cuba’s cultural condition is put under the microscope. Review: Portable Postsocialisms, Paloma Duong, by Gavin O'Toole
Portable Postsocialisms: New Cuban Mediascapes after the End of History, Paloma Duong, 2024, University of Texas Press
If Cuba survived the painful collapse of the socialist bloc at the end of the Cold War, it has yet to consolidate a crystal clear “postsocialist” vision of its future other than persisting in a form of authoritarian statism.
So while its …