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Panichelli-Batalla, Stéphanie (2017) Cuban doctors in the Sandinista Nicaragua : challenging orthodoxies. Oral History, 45 (2). pp. 39-49.
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Abstract
Oral history has tended to be used to give voice to the voiceless or to celebrate ordinary people. However, more recently it has also been used in different contexts and for different purposes. This article offers a deeper insight into the life stories of a privileged group of people in Cuban society: health professionals who have been on international solidarity missions and were at some point the ambassadors of the Cuban Revolution. The openness to speak about their experiences and to address sensitive topics still varies very much from one participant to another. This article analyse s the life stories of two Cuban doctors who now live in exile and who worked in the same mission in Nicaragua at approximately the same time. It will focus on three aspects: the pride of the physician; disenchantment with the Revolution during their work in the international solidarity programme, as well as the difficulty to readjust to the Cuban society upon their return; and finally their life in exile and their urge to set the story straight. The article will also shed light on the way both address sensitive topics, the impact of their perception of the researcher as an insider or outsider on their discourse, and how their positions regarding their story influences the oral history process as well as the archive creation.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | F History United States, Canada, Latin America > F1201 Latin America (General) | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > School for Cross-faculty Studies > Global Sustainable Development | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Cuba -- History -- Revolution, 1959, Physicians -- Attitudes -- Cuba -- 20th century, Oral history -- Cuba | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Oral History | ||||||||
| Publisher: | University of London, Royal Holloway | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0143-0955 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2017 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 45 | ||||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 39-49 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Publisher Statement: | Panichelli-Batalla, Stéphanie (2017) Cuban doctors in the Sandinista Nicaragua : challenging orthodoxies. Oral History, 45 (2). pp. 39-49. | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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