I find Muguercia's article to be very enlightening. It is very interesting how he relates Cuban politics and Cuban life in general. He talks about how the "socialist body" (p 176) was formed: by the devotion of the Cuban people to Fidel Castro. Soon to fo

llow was the "friction and disorder" of classes, races, ages, and sexes when Castro announced Cuba was Communist and Cubans began "speaking in a chorus" (p 176); Cubans were no longer independent peoples. He accurately compares the Cubans who fled during this time to runaway slaves.

Throughout the article Muguercia uses the ideas of Victor Turner and North American Marxist writer Randy Martin. Randy Martin talks about "the compound body" which I do not fully comprehend; I do not think that it really makes sense. Victor Turner's concept of social drama, on the other hand, is fascinating. He talks about the different phases of social drama starting with a "crack" or something that alters the norm, protests, for example. Then there is the feeling of uneasiness and the state is divided by fighting and violence. The crisis either loses steam or it is resolved and finally it ends (usually) with a division. Muguercia compares this "crack" to Cuban life, starting with the Revolution and ending at th

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