Education, Citizenship and Cuban Identity
Date
2016
Authors
Advisors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
ISSN
9781137583055
Volume Title
Publisher
Palgrave MacMillan
Type
Book
Peer reviewed
Yes
Abstract
This book explores how Cuba’s famously successful and inclusive education system has formed young Cubans’ political, social, and moral identities in a country transfigured by new inequalities and moral compromises made in the name of survival. The author examines this educational experience from the perspective of those who grew up in the years of economic crisis following the fall of the Soviet Union, charting their ideals, their frustrations and their struggle to reconcile revolutionary rhetoric with twenty-first century reality.
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Keywords
Cuba, citizenship, education, ideology, identity, civic education, nation, curriculum, youth identity
Citation
Smith, R. (2016) Education, Citizenship and Cuban Identity. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.