Through the looking glass on Cuba

[First paragraph]State Resistance to Globalisation in Cuba. Antonio Carmona Báez. Sterling VA: Pluto Press, 2004. vii + 264 pp. (Paper US$ 29.95)La Lucha for Cuba: Religion and Politics on the Streets of Miami. Miguel A. de la Torre. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003. xi + 181 pp. (Paper US$ 21.95)By Heart/De Memoria: Cuban Women’s Journeys in and out of Exile. María de los Angeles Torres (ed.). Philadelphia PA: Temple University Press, 2003. vii + 192 pp. (Paper US$ 19.95)Looking at Cuba: Essays on Culture and Civil Society. Rafael Hernández. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2003. vii + 145 pp. (Cloth US$ 24.95)In the politically charged world of scholarship on Cuba, it is salutary to comment in one review essay on four quite different volumes, each complementing the others. Three are single-authored, two on island Cuba (by Antonio Carmona Báez and Rafael Hernández) and one on Miami (by Miguel A. de la Torre). All three draw on theory and concepts and are male-authored and place-centric (Cuba/Miami). The fourth (by María de los Angeles Torres) is an edited collection of the personal testimonies of women seeking a place in between the hardened politics of Cuba and Miami.

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City Besieged - Richard Madsen: China's Catholics: Tragedy and Hope in a Emerging Civil Society. (Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 1998. Pp. xiii, 183. $27.50.)

The Review of Politics ◽

10.1017/s003467050003031x ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 62 (1) ◽

pp. 141-146

Author(s):

Angelo S. Lazzarotto

Keyword(s):

Civil Society ◽

Los Angeles ◽

University Of California

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Islam after Communism: Religion and Politics in Central Asia. By Adeeb Khalid. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2007. xii, 241 pp. $60.00 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).

The Journal of Asian Studies ◽

10.1017/s0021911809000370 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 68 (1) ◽

pp. 291-293

Author(s):

Marianne Kamp

Keyword(s):

Los Angeles ◽

Central Asia ◽

Religion And Politics ◽

University Of California

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SIMON ANDREW AVENELL. Making Japanese Citizens: Civil Society and the Mythology of the Shimin in Postwar Japan. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 2010. Pp. xi, 356. Cloth $60.00, paper $24.95

The American Historical Review ◽

10.1086/ahr.116.3.781-a ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 116 (3) ◽

pp. 781-782

Author(s):

F. Seraphim

Keyword(s):

Civil Society ◽

Los Angeles ◽

University Of California ◽

Postwar Japan

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City and Community ◽

10.1111/j.1535-6841.2005.00105.x ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 95-104

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Los Angeles ◽

Regional Development ◽

Puerto Ricans ◽

Religion And Politics ◽

University Of California ◽

Politics Of Race ◽

The Aesthetic

Barrio Dreams: Puerto Ricans, Latinos, and the Neoliberal City Barrio Dreams: Puerto Ricans, Latinos, and the Neoliberal City , by Arlene Dávila . Berkeley : University of California Press , 2004 . xi + 260 pp . ISBN 0‐520‐24093‐6 ( paper ). La Lucha For Cuba: Religion and Politics on the Streets of Miami La Lucha For Cuba: Religion and Politics on the Streets of Miami , by Miguel A. De LaTorre . Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press , 2003 . Latino Crossings: Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and the Politics of Race and Citizenship Latino Crossings: Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and the Politics of Race and Citizenship ( New York : Routledge , 2003 ), by Nicholas De Genova and Ana Y. Ramos‐Zayas . Landscapes of Privilege: The Politics of The Aesthetic in an American Suburb Landscapes of Privilege: The Politics of The Aesthetic in an American Suburb , by James S. Duncan and Nancy G. Duncan . New York : Routledge , 2004 . Globalizing L.A.: Trade, Infrastructure and Regional Development Globalizing L.A.: Trade, Infrastructure and Regional Development , by Steven P. Erie . Stanford UP , 2004 .

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