Being, Belonging and Possessing: the Emotional Struggle for Havana, 1991-1993

Abstract

in its long history. In 1991 the Soviet collapse seemed about to precipitate a collapse of the Cuban government. By examining two films, one made in 1991 and the other in 1993, we explore the emotional response to the crisis by the dispossessed and the possessors, that is: between the Miami exiles, 30 years gone from the city, and the citizens of Havana who never left and who reside there still.