Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-264) and index
Contents:
Walls of illusion Exceptional Nocturnes (Havana by night) Afro Cuba Havana in black and white Rumba Santería Santería and the racial divide Communist orishas? ¡Salsa! Asia de Cuba "Achinado" Sex & Cenesex ¡Tremenda mariconada! Havana's Hour Zero Proposal for a controversial monument Good money, bad money The economy as a book and a beast Looking west--to Asia again La mula como vaca de leche (The mule as cash cow) La libreta (the ration booklet) El cañonazo The last salvo 1762: British occupation and a defining moment It takes (at least) two to rumba Sitting down (and more) with Europe Cuba no soy (I am not Cuba) Traffic lights of history Ghosts of revolutions past Much louder ghosts Napoleon in Cuba The Orestes Ferrara secret The cave at the end of the world Conversation in Café del Oriente Palacio de la Revolución Who's the terrorist? Parque Lenin Playas del Este Jardines de la Tropical Two shore of Art Deco Rum and cigar wars Wave over the wall Patria es humanidad es patria (Homeland is humanity is homeland) Havana's Palestinians Next year in Havana/Jerusalem Cantos de ida y vuelta (Songs of coming and going) Mulatas de rumba & puellae gaditanae Alma mater God's crocodile La fábrica (The factory) Mercenaries Bloggers' breakfast Primero de mayo The pen & the sword Prima ballerina assoluta Le Parisien Hatuey & Huracán Todo el mundo canta Who's the boos? The Holy Spirit on the Plaza del a Revolución Winners and losers Jacobins & dinosaurs Other churches, other gods Misionero del a misericordia Mozart in Havana Art & politics Pelota (The ball game) The united mobsters Una mal criada Hollywood Havana Pirates of all kinds Elián New York connections Music has no enemies? El paquete Hemingway Fuster The last Cimarrón Fabelo KCHO/STAINLESS/CUTY Casa Verde Río Almendares Havana and the chocolate factory Tallapiedra (Havana high line) Radio Reloj & Radio Bemba La muerte Apotheosis Postscript
