The "New Man" in Cuba
Culture and Identity in the Revolution

The Cuban Revolution of 1959 not only brought Fidel Castro to power, it transformed Cuban cultural identity, with a new notion of "Cubanness" that Che Guevara defined as the "New Man." This work presents an examination of political speeches and award-winning novels that perpetuated this identity during the formative years of the Castro regime.

This is the first monograph to make available to English readers the Spanish literary and political texts that laid the basis for revolutionary culture and identity but were almost ignored because of the Cuban Revolution's controversial history. Serra's study of a little explained cultural idea helps elucidate the resilience of the revolution to this day.