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From the turn of the twentieth century through the late 1950s, Havana was a locus for American movie stars, with glamorous visitors including Errol Flynn, John Wayne, and Marlon Brando. In fact, Hollywood was seemingly everywhere in pre-Castro Havana, with movie theaters three to a block in places, widely circulated silver screen fanzines, and terms like “cowboy” and “gangster” entering Cuban vernacular speech. Hollywood in Havana uses this historical backdrop as the catalyst for a startling question: Did exposure to half a century of Hollywood pave the way for the Cuban Revolution of 1959? Megan Feeney argues that the freedom fighting extolled in American World War II dramas and the...
Directory of foreign diplomatic officers in Washington.
It may have been the best of times. But during the holiday season in Miami in 1990, having a good time was risky. Meet Raquel and her friend Suzy and their biology class, as they take on the US, Florida’s and even Cuba’s criminal justice systems. Meet the diverse city with a mysterious huge backlog of random killings. Meet:
• Foreign intrigue, spies and espionage. • Cultural assimilation and hostility. • Generational and inter-generational conflict. • Dog-napping and animal rights. • Fire bombings. • Riots. Abstract and symbolic cultural art. • Public corruption fraud and Medicare fraud. • Jury trials and administrative hearings involving DNA and other scientific...
Directory of foreign diplomatic officers in Washington.