In Review
The Caribbean: Survival, Struggle and Sovereignty by Catherine A. Sunshine. EPICA, 1988 (revised ed), 255 pp., $10.00 (paper). This updated edition, illustrated with over 100 photos and drawings,...
...When liberation arrives by default, the two unite temporarily for an exotic, erotic journey through the Afro-Brazilian demi-monde of Salvador, Bahia...
...Longing, betrayal and remembrance are the subjects more accurately, obsessions of this lesbian love triangle set in northern Argentina...
...A selection of articles, speeches, and letters several long out-of-print and a number re-translated into readable and accurate prose...
...Longing, betrayal and remembrance are the subjects-more accurately, obsessions--of this lesbian love triangle set in northern Argentina...
...The Growth and Development of Political Ideas in the Caribbean 17741983 by Denis Benn...
...Che Guevara and the Cuban Revolution ed...
...Woman Between Mirrors by Helena Parente Cunha...
...Marketing Disease to Hispanics by Bruce Maxwell and Michael Jacobson...
...Storm Over Chile: The Junta Under Siege by Samuel Chavkin...
...Examining basketball in the Caribbean's most industrialized country, the Mandles write a short study of race, class, gender and political power...
...Institute of Social and Economic Research, 1987, $17.00 (paper...
...This report examines the pervasive influence of the alcohol, tobacco, fast food and soft drink industries on the Hispanic community and its devastating impact on health...
...The banana growers, who are primarily small tenant farmers, remain impoverished today...
...U. of Texas Press, 1989, 132 pp., $18.95 (cloth), $8.95 (paper...
...Sunshine has written a popular in the best sense study of a region beset by the demands of the world market, U.S...
...When liberation arrives by default, the two unite temporarily for an exotic, erotic journey through the Afro-Brazilian demi-monde of Salvador, Bahia...
...For years, both before and after the Revolution, the Catholic Church was notoriously absent from rural Cuba, and even the urban middle class attended non-parochial private schools...
...Latin America Bureau, 1987, 90 pp., $7.50 (paper...
...From his first contact with Fidel, through to his writing on Vietnam, Che's extraordinary seriousness and devotion to liberation struggles are evident on every page...
...This good synthesis of political ideas in the English-speaking Caribbean comes with an impressive bibliography and is maned only by the lack of an index...
...They are the two sides of one woman: a traditionalist defined by father, husband and three sons, who extols the virtues of feminine passivity...
...Lawrence Hill Books, (revised ed...
...Is- sues such as cultural imperialism, women's participation and independent political action get played out by lower class athletes on and off the court...
...by David Deutschmann...
...A collection of essays which challenges the premise that socialist revolution fosters gender equality...
...A new chapter examines opposition unity and government repression in the context of the watershed 1988 plebiscite...
...Lawrence Hill Books, (reviseded...
...From his first contact with Fidel, through to his writing on Vietnam, Che's extraordinary seriousness and devotion to liberation struggles are evident on every page...
...G6mez Treto, a Cuban lay Catholic, examines the gradual transformation of the Church-as-hierarchy to the Churchas-community in the post-revolutionary years, particularly after the 1968 Bishops Conference in Medellin...
...James and Eric Williams make up the bulk, but equally interesting are sections on the lesser known intellectuals Walter Rodney, Lloyd Best and Clive Thomas...
...A concise examination of the chatlenges the people of the Windward Islands have faced since the turn of the century, when bananas superceded sugar as the plantocracy 'S main export...
...U. of Texas Press, 1989, 125 pp., $18.95 (cloth), $7.95 (paper...
...by David Deutschmann...
...Storm Over Chile: The Junta Under Siege by Samuel Chavkin...
...and a cynical free spirit whose apt criticisms nonetheless resound with cliches and wasted options...
...Cunha explores the solemn inner monologues of privileged women who break through the conventional Latina existence into truer but no less lonely worlds...
...Institute of Social and Economic Research, 1987, $17.00 (paper...
...Che Guevara and the Cuban Revolution ed...
...Examining basketball in the Caribbean's most industrialized country, the Mandles write a short study of race, class, gender and political power...
...Caribbean Books, 1988, $7.00 (paper...
...Monthly Review Press, 1989, 395 pp., $18.00 (paper...
...A concise examination of the challenges the people of the Windward Islands have faced since the turn of the century, when bananas superceded sugar as the plantocracy's main export...
...Promissory Notes: Women in the Transition to Socialism ed...
...Center for Science in the Public Interest, 1989, 100 pp., $6.95 (paper...
...His conviction that human will can overcome the many obstacles on the road to socialism remains an inspiration...
...This good synthesis of political ideas in the English-speaking Caribbean comes with an impressive bibliography and is marred only by the lack of an index...
...It was in essence the "Church in Cuba," rather than the "Cuban Church...
...Monthly Review Press, 1989, 395 pp., $18.00 (paper...
...Chapters on Marcus Garvey, C.L.R...
...Pathfinder, 1987, 413 pp., $11.95 (paper...
...This report examines the pervasive influence of the alcohol, tobacco, fast food and soft drink industries on the Hispanic community and its devastating impact on health...
...The outcry over disparities in education, employment and political empowerment, has shrouded an area where Hispanics have indeed been closing the gap: cancer rates...
...Issues such as cultural imperialism, women's participation and independent political action get played out by lower class athletes on and off the court...
...It was in essence the "Church in Cuba," rather than the "Cuban Church...
...Includes a close look at the British firm Geest Industries, which monopolizes the banana trade in a way the old colonial masters would envy...
...A selection of articles, speeches, and letters-several long out-of-print and a number re-translated into readable and accurate prose...
...This compelling reportage of the 16 years of the Pinochet dictatorship, with extended interviews and contextual analysis, provides a useful antidote to the blathering about economic "mir- acles" and the "triumph of moderation" that characterizes current reporting...
...Cunha explores the solemn inner monologues of privileged women who break through the conventional Latina existence into truer but no less lonely worlds...
...For years, both before and after the Revolution, the Catholic Church was notoriously absent from rural Cuba, and even the urban middle class attended non-parochial private schools...
...They are the two sides of one woman: a traditionalist defined by father, husband and three sons, who extols the virtues of feminine passivity...
...The banana growers, who are primarily small tenant farmers, remain impoverished today...
...The Church and Socialism in Cuba by Radi Gómez Treto...
...Woman Between Mirrors by Helena Parente Cunha...
...Center for Science in the Public Interest, 1989, 100 pp.' $6.95 (paper...
...Gómez Treto, a Cuban lay Catholic, examines the gradual transformation of the Church-as-hierarchy to the Churchas-community in the post-revolutionary years, particularly after the 1968 Bishops Conference in MedellIn...
...12 REPORT ON THE AMERICAS 4~s (44ew The Caribbean: Survival, Struggle and Sovereignty by Catherine A. Sunshine...
...A new chapter examines opposition unity and government repression in the context of the watershed 1988 plebiscite...
...Green Gold: Bananas and Depend- ency in the Eastern Caribbean by Robert Thomson...
...Certificate of Absence by Sylvia Molloy...
...Two voices dispute a shared history in compellingly descriptive prose...
...Certificate of Absence by Sylvia Molloy...
...The Church and Socialism in Cuba by Radl G6mez Treto...
...James and Eric Williams make up the bulk, but equally interesting are sections on the lesser known intellectuals Walter Rodney, Lloyd Best and Clive Thomas...
...Green Gold: Bananas and Dependency in the Eastern Caribbean by Robert Thomson...
...The Growth and Development of Political Ideas in the Caribbean 17741983 by Denis Benn...
...Grass Roots Commitment: Basketball and Society in Trinidad & Tobago by Jay R. and Joan D. Mandle...
...powerment, has shrouded an area where Hispanics have indeed been closing the gap: cancer rates...
...Caribbean Books, 1988, $7.00 (paper...
...This updated edition, illustrated with over 100 photos and drawings, is one of the best primers on the Caribbean...
...Molloy's eloquent rendering of a single woman's isolation and loneliness is accomplished in the absence of dialogue, humor, self-detachment or a sense of connection to society-at-large...
...The outcry over disparities in education, employment and political em...
...And Maxine D. Molyneux notes that, while women have achieved greater participation and eminence in Nicaragua's public life, most are still stuck in low-paid occupations or in the home...
...U. of Texas Press, 1989, 132 pp., $18.95 (cloth), $8.95 (paper...
...Orbis Books, 1988, 151 pp., $9.95 (paper...
...and a cynical free spirit whose apt criticisms nonetheless resound with clichés and wasted options...
...A collection of essays which challenges the premise that socialist revolution fosters gender equality...
...This compelling reportage of the 16 years of the Pinochet dictatorship, with extended interviews and contextual analysis, provides a useful antidote to the blathering about economic "miracles" and the "triumph of moderation'" that characterizes current reporting...
...Marketing Disease to Hispanics by Bruce Maxwell and Michael Jacobson...
...1989, 3 16 pp., $12.95 (paper...
...This scholarly intellectual history traces West Indian political ideologies from those of the eighteenth century planter oligarchy to current nationalists and neo-marxists...
...And Maxine D. Molyneux notes that, while women have achieved greater participation and eminence in Nicaragua's public life, most are still stuck in low-paid occupations or in the home...
...Sunshine has written a popular-in the best sense-study of a region beset by the demands of the world market, U.S...
...1989, 3l6pp., $12.95 (paper...
...Latin America Bureau, 1987, 90 pp., $7.50 (paper...
...geopolitical interests, outmoded social structures and an increasingly restive population...
...Muriel Nazzari argues that, "Cuba's adoption in the early 1970s of a system of distribution based on material incentives and the requirement that enterprises show a profit perpetuates women's inequality in the home and in the workforce...
...Two voices dispute a shared history in compellingly descriptive prose...
...Includes a close look at the British firm Geest Industries, which monopolizes the banana trade in a way the old colonial masters would envy...
...U. of Texas Press, 1989, 125 pp., $18.95 (cloth), $7.95 (paper...
...This updated edition, illustrated with over 100 photos and drawings, is one of the best primers on the Caribbean...
...MolJoy's eloquent rendering of a single woman's isolation and loneliness is accomplished in the absence of dialogue, humor, self-detachment or a sense of connection to society-at-large...
...Promissory Notes: Women in the Transition to Socialism ed...
...Muriel Nazzari argues that, "Cuba's adoption in the early l970s of a system of distribution based on material incentives and the requirement that enterprises show a profit perpetuates women's inequality in the home and in the workforce...
...Pathfinder, 1987, 413 pp., $11.95 (paper...
...This scholarly intellectual history traces West Indian political ideologies from those of the eighteenth century planter oligarchy to current nationalists and neo-marxists...
...Grass Roots Commitment: Basket- ball and Society in Trinidad & Tobago by Jay R. and Joan D. Mandle...
...Chapters on Marcus Garvey, C.L.R...
...Orbis Books, 1988, 151 pp., $9.95 (paper...
...geopolitical interests, outmoded social structures and an increasingly restive population...
...by Sonia Kruks, Rayna Rapp and Marilyn B. Young...
...by Sonia Kruks, Rayna Rapp and Marilyn B. Young...
...His conviction that human will can overcome the many obstacles on the road to socialism remains an inspiration...
Vol. 23 • February 1990 • No. 5
