Laboring for the State: Women, Family, and Work in Revolutionary Cuba, 1959–1971

Author:   Rachel Hynson
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781107188679


Pages:   332
Publication Date:   23 January 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Rachel Hynson
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.610kg
ISBN:  

9781107188679


ISBN 10:   1107188679
Pages:   332
Publication Date:   23 January 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction: socialist morality, the nuclear family, and state labor; 1. In the hands of physicians: abortion, birth control, and claims to women's labor; 2. 'The husband must protect the wife and the latter obey the husband': operation family, wedding palaces, and nuclear families; 3. From the streets to the home: the re-education and resistance of female prostitutes; 4. The elasticity of truth: creating male heads of household through forced labor; Epilogue: the erasure and legacies of four early revolutionary campaigns.

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'Brilliantly argued and meticulously researched, Rachel Hynson's Laboring for the State represents a breakthrough in understanding how Cuba's Communist state established direct connections between the grand patriarchal project of national salvation and the intimate lives of citizens. Her analysis of the rehabilitation of sexual transgressors such as pimps, prostitutes as well as average citizens who questioned the merits and values of Communist-led redemption is as unique and refreshing as it is fascinating and convincing.' Lillian Guerra, University of Florida 'Laboring for the State elevates the literature on the early years after the 1959 Cuban revolution to a new level of sophistication and complexity. Based on a rich tapestry of sources, Hynson uncovers the 'unintended consequence' of previously understudied revolutionary campaigns. Significantly, Hynson provides a genuine intersectional analysis of Cuban history that never forgets or downplays that the island's push toward European heterosexual gender norms - the New Family - often came at the expense of black and mulato bodies.' Devyn Spence Benson, Davidson College, North Carolina 'Rachel Hynson's Laboring for the State is essential reading for anyone interested in how Cuba's revolutionary state established hegemony. In rich and engaging detail, Hynson tracks the state's systematic intervention into even the most intimate levels of society. We learn how conservative visions of the nuclear family, women's reproductive roles, and sexual deviance were central to the attempts to regulate and control citizens. This is an important and impressive book that will reshape how we think about revolutionary Cuba's origins.' Lorraine Bayard de Volo, University of Colorado, Boulder 'Rachel Hynson's new book, Laboring for the State: Women, Family, and Work in Revolutionary Cuba, 1959-1971, is an excellent addition to this growing body of literature that challenges both the chronology and the content of the Cuban government's own narrative of its revolution ... Drawing on varied and fascinating sources, Hynson has written a social history of the first twelve years of revolutionary Cuba, and explained to her audience how those years shaped Cuba today.' Anasa Hicks, H-LatAm


'Brilliantly argued and meticulously researched, Rachel Hynson's Laboring for the State represents a breakthrough in understanding how Cuba's Communist state established direct connections between the grand patriarchal project of national salvation and the intimate lives of citizens. Her analysis of the rehabilitation of sexual transgressors such as pimps, prostitutes as well as average citizens who questioned the merits and values of Communist-led redemption is as unique and refreshing as it is fascinating and convincing.' Lillian Guerra, University of Florida 'Laboring for the State elevates the literature on the early years after the 1959 Cuban revolution to a new level of sophistication and complexity. Based on a rich tapestry of sources, Hynson uncovers the 'unintended consequence' of previously understudied revolutionary campaigns. Significantly, Hynson provides a genuine intersectional analysis of Cuban history that never forgets or downplays that the island's push toward European heterosexual gender norms - the New Family - often came at the expense of black and mulato bodies.' Devyn Spence Benson, Davidson College, North Carolina 'Rachel Hynson's Laboring for the State is essential reading for anyone interested in how Cuba's revolutionary state established hegemony. In rich and engaging detail, Hynson tracks the state's systematic intervention into even the most intimate levels of society. We learn how conservative visions of the nuclear family, women's reproductive roles, and sexual deviance were central to the attempts to regulate and control citizens. This is an important and impressive book that will reshape how we think about revolutionary Cuba's origins.' Lorraine Bayard de Volo, University of Colorado, Boulder


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Rachel Hynson is an independent scholar. She received her Ph.D. in History from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

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