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Christopher Chávez - Isle of Rum, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

Isle of Rum

Havana Club, Cultural Mediation, and the Fight for Cuban Authenticity

Av Christopher Chávez

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Focusing on Havana Club rum as a case study, Isle of Rum examines the ways in which Western cultural producers, working in collaboration with the Cuban state, have assumed responsibility for representing Cuba to the outside world. Christopher ChÁvez focuses specifically on the role of advertising practitioners, musicians, filmmakers, and visual artists, who stand to benefit economically by selling an image of Cuba to consumers who desperately crave authentic experiences that exist outside of the purview of the marketplace.Rather than laying claim to authentic Cuban culture, ChÁvez explores which aspects of Cuban culture are deemed most compelling and, therefore, most profitable by corporate marketers. As a joint venture between the Cuban state and Pernod Ricard, a global spirits marketer based in Paris, Havana Club embodies the larger process of economic reform, which was meant to reintegrate Cuba into global markets during Cuba’s Special Period in a Time of Peace.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2024-09-13
  • Mått: 152 x 229 x 8 mm
  • Vikt: 286 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 190
  • Förlag: Rutgers University Press
  • ISBN: 9781978838833
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CHRISTOPHER CHÁVEZ is the Caroline S. Chambers Distinguished Professor of Advertising and the director of the Center for Latina/o and Latin American Studies (CLLAS) in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon in Eugene. He is the author of The Sound of Exclusion: NPR and the Latinx Public and Reinventing the Latino Television Viewer: Language Ideology and Practice.

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"Isle of Rum is an intoxicating journey through the heart and soul of Cuba’s most iconic spirit. Meticulously researched, ChÁvez’s exploration of the intersections of commercial pressures, the socialist state, and advertising culture provides a thought-provoking narrative of how authenticity is continuously reimagined in the global marketplace. Whether you are a rum aficionado, a communication studies student, or just curious about the sociopolitical complexities of Cuba, this is a must-read. Simply fantastic."- Marie Sarita Gaytán (author of ¡Tequila! Distilling the Spirit of Mexico) "Through decades of advertising and internal corporate documents, ChÁvez examines the case study of Havana Club rum. Unlike the ubiquitous Bacardi rum, Havana Club remains a state-run product, produced in communist Cuba. ChÁvez effectively argues that the ever-changing marketing campaigns reflect the evolving political, economic, and social conditions in Cuba, from campaigns that promote Cuban rum as a kind of cultural diplomacy to one that becomes about the marketing of the commodity itself to Western, capitalist social influencers." - Jennifer P. Mathews (coauthor of Sugarcane and Rum: The Bittersweet History of Labor and Life on the Yucatán Peninsula)

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