Between the Cuban Revolution and the “Chilean Way”: Intellectuals, Culture and Politics in the Casa de las Américas and La Quinta Rueda pages

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Abstract

This paper discusses the two most revisited experiences of transition to socialism in the Latin American twentieth century: the Cuban Revolution and the Chilean Popular Unity government. To contrast Cuban and Chilean leftist conceptions of that period, we analyzed how the cultural magazines Casa de las Américas and La Quinta Rueda represented the agenda of the left. Based on these sources, we will discuss each government’s cultural policies, the intellectual debates, the exchanges, and conflicts between the two revolutionary processes.

Keywords:

Intellectual History, cultural magazines, Cuban Revolution, Popular Unity

Author Biographies

Natália Ayo Schmiedecke, Universidade Estadual Paulista

Doctora en Historia por la Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP, Brasil), posdoctoranda en la Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP, Brasil), con investigación financiada por la Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP). Hamburgo, Alemania. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6515-5965. Correo electrónico: nati.ayo@gmail.com

José Antonio Ferreira da Silva Júnior, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Magíster y doctorando en Historia por la Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP, Brasil) y por la Rice University (Estados Unidos), con investigación financiada por la Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP). Campinas, Brasil. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4123-2487. Correo electrónico: josesilva@rice.edu