Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-203) and index.
Introduction : The culture that the revolution created -- Speaking at cross purposes : the failed identification between teachers and students in the literacy campaign -- Body versus mind : an intellectual's memoirs expose his negative image -- Harvesting the nation : how Cuba became unified in the historical zafra -- Frustrated mothers, virgin workers, and masked whores : the "new woman" at work -- Toward a revolutionary utopia : fluid identities in a child's account -- Epilogue : Identity and its discontents : Leonardo Padura Fuentes looks back at the new man