{"product_id":"9780822394426","title":"TEST1 Havana beyond the Ruins: Cultural Mappings after 1989","description":"In \u003ci\u003eHavana beyond the Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e, prominent architects, scholars, and writers based in and outside of Cuba analyze how Havana has been portrayed in literature, music, and the visual arts since Soviet subsidies of Cuba ceased, and the Cuban state has re-imagined Havana as a destination for international tourists and business ventures. Cuba’s capital has experienced little construction since the revolution of 1959; many of its citizens live in poorly maintained colonial and modernist dwellings. It is this Havana—of crumbling houses, old cars, and a romantic aura of ruined hopes—that is marketed in picture books, memorabilia, and films. Meanwhile, Cuba remains a socialist economy, and government agencies maintain significant control of urban development, housing, and employment. Home to more than two million people and a locus of Cuban national identity, Havana today struggles with the some of the same problems as other growing world cities, including slums and escalating social and racial inequalities. Bringing together assessments of the city’s dwellings and urban development projects, \u003ci\u003eHavana beyond the Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e provides unique insights into issues of memory, citizenship, urban life, and the future of the revolution in Cuba.\u003cp\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003eEmma Álvarez-Tabío Albo\u003cbr\u003eEric Felipe-Barkin\u003cbr\u003eAnke Birkenmaier\u003cbr\u003eVelia Cecilia Bobes\u003cbr\u003eMario Coyula-Cowley\u003cbr\u003eElisabeth Enenbach\u003cbr\u003eSujatha Fernandes\u003cbr\u003eJill Hamberg\u003cbr\u003ePatricio del Real\u003cbr\u003eCecelia Lawless\u003cbr\u003eJacqueline Loss\u003cbr\u003eOrlando Luis Pardo Lazo\u003cbr\u003eAntonio José Ponte\u003cbr\u003eNicolás Quintana\u003cbr\u003eJose Quiroga\u003cbr\u003eLaura Redruello\u003cbr\u003eRafael Rojas\u003cbr\u003eJoseph L. Scarpaci\u003cbr\u003eEsther Whitfield\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124172472560,"sku":"9780822394426","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780822394426_p0.jpg?v=1763752425","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780822394426","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}