Database research record2003·Cuba (Havana)
Small-scale Urban Agriculture in Havana and the Reproduction of the 'New Man' in Contemporary Cuba
Premat A.
European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Urban Farm DB summary
Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Havana (1999-2001), this article examines urban garden parcelas as sites revealing tensions between private and public domains, finding that revolutionary values around food security and community persisted in post-Soviet Cuba despite assumptions of growing individualism.