Another Future is Possible. A Review of Margaret Randall's <em>To Change the World: My Years in Cuba</em> (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers UP, 2009)

Authors

  • Julie Shayne University of Washington—Bothell

Keywords:

Margaret Randall, Cuban revolution, memoir

Abstract

To Change the World is not so much a memoir about Margaret Randall’s life in Cuba as it is life in Cuba as lived and observed by Margaret Randall in the 1970’s through mid 1980’s. She walks the reader through the second decade of the Cuban Revolution (1969-1980) while introducing us to the Nicaraguan revolution as well. Within this social history of Cuba we learn about her personal life, her children, and her relationships, but they only come up when they are important for telling Cuba’s story. To Change the World might be best described as a memoir of Randall’s cultural, political, and emotional development as related to the Cuban Revolution, and a fascinating and beautifully written one at that.

Author Biography

Julie Shayne, University of Washington—Bothell

Julie Shayne es profesora en la Universidad de Washington, Bothell. Es autora de los libros They Used to Call Us Witches: Chilean Exiles, Culture, and Feminism (Lexington Books, 2009) and The Revolution Question: Feminisms in El Salvador, Chile, and Cuba (Rutgers, 2004). Sus areas de interés incluyen los estudios de la mujer, estudios latinoamericanos, sociología, y estudios críticos del desarrollo.

Published

2010-09-01

How to Cite

Shayne, J. (2010). Another Future is Possible. A Review of Margaret Randall’s <em>To Change the World: My Years in Cuba</em> (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers UP, 2009). A Contracorriente: Una Revista De Estudios Latinoamericanos, 8(1), 518–525. Retrieved from https://acontracorriente.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/acontracorriente/article/view/517

Issue

Section

Reviews: Revolutions