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Che on My Mind

Autor Margaret Randall
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 23 sep 2013
Che on My Mind is an impressionistic look at the life, death, and legacy of Che Guevera by the renowned feminist poet and activist Margaret Randall. Recalling an era and this figure, she writes "I am old enough to remember the world in which [Che] lived. I was part of that world, and it remains a part of me." Randall participated in the Mexican student movement of 1968 and eventually was forced to leave the country. She arrived in Cuba in 1969, less than two years after Che's death, and lived there until 1980. She became friends with several of Che's family members, friends, and compatriots. In Che on My Mind she reflects on his relationships with his family and fellow insurgents, including Fidel Castro. She is deeply admiring of Che's integrity and charisma and frank about what she sees as his strategic errors. Randall concludes by reflecting on the inspiration and lessons that Che's struggles might offer early-twenty-first-century social justice activists and freedom fighters.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780822355786
ISBN-10: 0822355787
Pagini: 160
Ilustrații: 16 photographs
Dimensiuni: 147 x 212 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: MD – Duke University Press

Recenzii

"In Che on My Mind, the poet Margaret Randall, who was one of the founders of the influential sixties bilingual journal El Corno Emplumado (The Plumed Horn), assesses Che Guevara's enduring influence while confronting her own doubts and uncertainties over his justification of violence and armed struggle. She asks whether we can admire Guevara's commitment and generosity of spirit and still disagree with war as a strategy. Acknowledging that her own attitudes to Che have changed with age, her book is a frank assessment of Che's failures of judgment as well as of his charisma, and of his contradictory status as both saint and cowboy."—Jean Franco, author of Cruel Modernity"Thoughtfully exploring the complex and contested record of the life and work of Che Guevara, Margaret Randall—with, as she says, 'the intuition of a poet'—presents a compelling personal meditation on a figure who has inspired legions of people, young and old, throughout the world, who struggle for a more just and decent human existence."—Noam Chomsky
"In Che on My Mind, the poet Margaret Randall, who was one of the founders of the influential sixties bilingual journal El Corno Emplumado (The Plumed Horn), assesses Che Guevara's enduring influence while confronting her own doubts and uncertainties over his justification of violence and armed struggle. She asks whether we can admire Guevara's commitment and generosity of spirit and still disagree with war as a strategy. Acknowledging that her own attitudes to Che have changed with age, her book is a frank assessment of Che's failures of judgment as well as of his charisma, and of his contradictory status as both saint and cowboy." - Jean Franco, author of Cruel Modernity "Thoughtfully exploring the complex and contested record of the life and work of Che Guevara, Margaret Randall - with, as she says, 'the intuition of a poet' - presents a compelling personal meditation on a figure who has inspired legions of people, young and old, throughout the world, who struggle for a more just and decent human existence." - Noam Chomsky "These personal essays on and acute observations of Che Guevara's legacy achieve insight into his enduring appeal to young revolutionaries."--ForeWord

Cuprins

Acknowledgments ix1. A Death That Leads Us Back to Life 12. In Cuba, Where Our Lives Came Together in the Everyday 113. Multiple Prisms 194. Conflicting Versions 295. "Socialism and Man in Cuba" 356. Tender Heart and Rigorous Moral Code 437. Empowerment of the Erotic 518. How the Man Was Made 599. Che and Fidel 6710. Che and Haydee 7511. Exercising Power, Exercising Solidarity 8712. The Question without an Answer 9513. War and Peace 9914. Revolution and Religion 11515. Che's Legacy for Today's Activists 12516. Poetry Closes the Circle and Opens Infinite Circles 133Notes 139Bibliography 147

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