Recent Work in Cuban Studies 2003

Agriculture and Fishing

Books and Monographs

Cruz, María Caridad, and Roberto Sánchez Medina. Agriculture in the City: A Key to Sustainability in Havana, Cuba. Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre, 2003. 210 pp. (Translation of Agricultura y ciudad: Una clave para la sustentabilidad, published in 2001 in Havana; also available on the World Wide Web with access limited to NetLibrary-affiliated libraries)

Henn, Patrick. User Benefits of Urban Agriculture in Havana, Cuba: An Application of the Contingent Valuation Method. Ottawa, Canada: National Library of Canada, 2003. 2 microfiches. (Master's thesis, McGill University, 2001)

Leinan, Valerie Ann. "Sustainable Livelihoods and the Role of Urban Agriculture as a Policy and Household Strategy in Cienfuegos, Cuba." Master's thesis, University of Guelph (Canada), 2003. 143 pp.

Mattson, Jeremy Wade, and Won W. Koo. An Overview of Cuban Agriculture and Prospects for Future Trade with the United States. Fargo, N.D.: Center for Agricultural Policy and Trade Studies, Dept. of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University, 2003. 19 pp.

Sabio Alcutén, Alberto, and Iñaki Iriarte Goñi, eds. La construcción histórica del paisaje agrario en España y Cuba. Madrid: Libros de la Catarata, 2003. 283 pp.

Articles and Papers

Crawford, C. "Necessity Makes the Frog Jump: Land-Use Planning and Urban Agriculture in Cuba." Tulane Environmental Law Journal 16 (2003): 733-82.

Echemendía, A. L., et al. "First Report of Dicliptera Yellow Mottle Virus (DiYMoV) Infecting Dicliptera Vahliana in Cuba." Plant Pathology 52, no. 6 (December 2003): 787.

Enríquez, Laura Jean. "Economic Reform and Repeasantization in Post-1990 Cuba." Latin American Research Review 38, no. 1 (winter 2003): 202-20. (Argues that the economic crisis of the 1990s forced the reshaping of agricultural policy in ways that fortified the position of small farmers)

Espinosa Chepe, Oscar. "Nueva camisa de fuerza para las cooperativas agrícolas." Revista Hispano Cubana 15 (winter 2003): 19-22. (Discusses recent legislation; the author is a journalist sentenced to 20 years in prison in Castro's recent crackdown)

———. "Una reestructuración indispensable." Revista Hispano Cubana 16 (spring-summer 2003): 22-25. (Suggests a radical agrarian overhaul to lift Cuba out of its economic crisis)

González, C. G. "Seasons of Resistance: Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in Cuba." Tulane Environmental Law Journal 16 (2003): 685-732.

Pérez Talavera, Susana, and Aleida Labrada. "Radiosensibilidad de diferentes variedades de guisantes (Pisum Sativum L.) introducidas en Cuba." Alimentaria 40, no. 343 (2003): 107-9.

Premat, Adriana. "Small-Scale Urban Agriculture in Havana and the Reproduction of the 'New Man' in Contemporary Cuba." Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe/European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 75 (October 2003): 85-99.

Villasana Balaguer, R., et al. "Estudio del período crítico de competencia de las malezas en el cultivo del trigo en Cuba." Alimentaria 40, no. 343 (2003): 93-97.

Zytaruk, Melinda. "Life after Oil: Cuba's Fossil Fuel Shortage Has Inspired Innovations that Combine Sustainable Agriculture and Renewable Energy." Alternatives Journal 29, no. 4 (fall 2003): 22-27.

Anthropology and Sociology

Books and Monographs

Alé Mauri, Carlos. El árbol del bien y del mal: El código censor del poder en la cultura de Occidente. San Juan, P.R.: Plaza Mayor, 2003. 146 pp. (Deals with censorship in Cuba)

Arocena, Felipe, and William Noland, eds. Entrevistas cubanas: Historias de una nación dividida. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2003. 136 pp. (Includes interviews with Cuban Americans)

Arrozarena, Cecilia. El roble y la ceiba: Historia de los vascos en Cuba. Mexico City: Txalaparta, 2003. 400 pp.

Balbuena Gutiérrez, Bárbara. Las celebraciones rituales festivas en la Regla de Ocha. Havana: Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de la Cultura Cubana Juan Marinello, 2003. 145 pp.

Botifoll, Luis J. Golpe de estado en "El Mundo." Santo Domingo: Corripio, 2003. 178 pp. (Reprint of the 1955 edition published in Havana, which deals with freedom of the press in Cuba)

Boudreault-Fournier, Alexandrine. "Manufacturing Culture in Cuba: An Ethnography." Master's thesis, Concordia University (Canada), 2003. 170 pp.

Brown, David H. The Light Inside: Abakuá Society Arts and Cuban...