An Army of Teachers: Cuban Women in Political Education, from the Literacy Campaign to Yo Si Puedo

Autor/in	Halbert-Brooks, Ann E.
Titel	An Army of Teachers: Cuban Women in Political Education, from the Literacy Campaign to Yo Si Puedo
Quelle	(2017), (187 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-3555-9481-2
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Foreign Countries; Females; Activism; Social Change; Role; Literacy; Archives; History; Oral History; Primary Sources; Teacher Role; Armed Forces; Political Attitudes; Literacy Education; Organizations (Groups); Propaganda; Volunteers; Cuba + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Ausland; Weibliches Geschlecht; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Sozialer Wandel; Rollen; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Archivwesen; Archiv; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Oral tradition; Mündliche Überlieferung; Primärquelle; Lehrerrolle; Military; Militär; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Freiwilliger; Kuba
Abstract	My dissertation examines the role of women in the Cuban Revolution through the lens of the 1961 Literacy Campaign. Using archival sources, print media, oral histories, and other primary source accounts, I argue that the Campaign was a key formative period for the nascent revolutionary state and for the 250,000 teachers who worked in it. Beginning in the guerrilla insurgency of the 1950s, the 26th of July Movement invested in education and described political education as a central component of its proposed changes to Cuban society. After 1959, this institutional emphasis on education facilitated the political mobilization of women and the creation of mass organizations like the Comites de Defensa de la Revolucion and the Federacion de Mujeres Cubanas. Individual women engaged critically with propaganda for the Literacy Campaign, volunteering to teach with the expectation that their professional horizons would be expanded through their work. In the decades that followed, their work also influenced their relationship with the revolutionary project. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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