El Templete, Habana Auteur(s) : unknown Éditeur(s) : Detroit Photographic Company Detroit Photographic Company ( [Detroit, Mich.] ) Résumé : This small, Greek Revival memorial borders the east side of the Plaza de Armas. It commemorates the city's first Catholic mass and town council meeting, which took place on the site in 1519. The temple was built in 1828. The first mass took place under a silk-cotton tree, so a tree of this species shades El Templete. Once or twice each century, the tree grows too large for the site, and is replaced. Digital image. 2005. 400 ppi, 2784 x 3696 pixels, 29.4 mb rgb tif. Photochrom, in 11 x 14 in. window mat, filed in Detroit Photograph Company. Photochroms. Box 2. Havana (Cuba) Droits : All rights reserved by the source institution. 1991-528-7 | Partager |
Les zones de tolérance à Cuba sous la république : l’enfermement réel et symbolique des femmes publiques Auteur(s) : Moreau-Lebert, Mélanie Éditeur(s) : Université des Antilles Études caribéennes Résumé : La prostitution est une problématique très intéressante d’une part parce qu’elle est transversale à tous les temps, à toutes les classes sociales, à tous les espaces, et d’autre part parce qu’il s’agit d’un fléau qui se conjugue le plus souvent au féminin. Il s’agit à mon sens du versant spécifique d’une problématique universelle dont personne ne peut s’affranchir sans mettre en jeu l’ensemble de la condition humaine. En effet, la prostitution est le lieu où convergent et se concentrent de façon exacerbée tous les maux d’une société. La femme est malgré elle au centre de ce système dans lequel on retrouve les frustrations, les rapports de domination, de pouvoir, la violence, la misère, la corruption, l’aliénation… La prostitution, tout comme le concept de genre, est une construction sociale, dans laquelle les femmes sont enfermées réellement et symboliquement.D’autre part, si les maux d’une société sont décuplés dans le système de la prostitution, nulle part ailleurs n’existe un tel abîme entre fantasme et réalité. C’est le lieu des fausses représentations et des euphémismes comme le montrent ces deux expressions édulcorées « zones de tolérance » et « femmes publiques ». A Cuba, malgré les tentatives d’éradication de la prostitution dans les premières décennies qui suivirent le triomphe de la Révolution de 1959, la chute du bloc soviétique et la période de pénurie qui s’ensuivit donnèrent lieu à un retour de cette prostitution, sous de nouvelles formes qui persistent aujourd’hui. Cependant, il fut une époque, celle de la première République (1902-1958) durant laquelle Cuba, rongée par un système néocolonial, connût une recrudescence de ce phénomène, dans des proportions jamais égalées. Une époque somme toute récente où les zones de tolérance, espaces où étaient regroupées les maisons closes, occupaient une grande partie de La Havane coloniale ainsi que des quartiers entiers à travers l’île. A l’intérieur de ces zones très lucratives dont profitaient à la fois les proxénètes, policiers, politiques et hommes d’affaires, les femmes cubaines, mais également, dans une grande proportion des Françaises victimes de la traite des Blanches, se trouvaient au cœur d’un système qui étaient à lui seul le symptôme de la frustration néocoloniale, mais également de l’exacerbation du patriarcat.Cette problématique, on ne peut plus actuelle, convoque la pluridisciplinarité, c’est pourquoi j’ai eu recours à des témoignages de prostituées depuis le début du siècle jusqu’à la Révolution, recueillis et publiés à Cuba. Je me suis penchée sur les différents discours sur la prostitution de l’époque, discours politiques et féministes. Les rapports de police, les plaintes déposées par des femmes, les comptes rendus de procès, et les descriptions des médecins-hygiénistes sont autant de sources qui viennent corroborer les témoignages. The republican era in Cuba is a complex and difficult one for the Cuban population. 1898 remains engraved in people’s memories as being a time of great disillusion for a population who, having freed itself from Spanish colonial domination, was deprived of independence by the United States of America. Three years of American intervention sufficed to put power bases into place, guarantee maximal exploitation conditions and organize the legal framework of the American domination over Cuba by means of the Platt Amendment in 1901. The protectorate set up by the United States, followed by a neocolonial system in 1934, relies upon the collaboration of presidents and corrupt governments succeeding each other in power. Corruption, nepotism and violence are put in place in a society in which inequality is dramatically worsening and all moral values are disintegrating. In this context and in a Cuban society governed with patriarchal rules, women are the first victims of the system. After the wars of independence, the only options they have are marriage, work or prostitution. Legitimate marriage is only available to a privileged few. With regards to employment, only 9.8% of women have the opportunity to work and this percentage didn’t change until 1959. It was at this time that prostitution reached unprecedented levels. It wasn’t just the case of a few marginalized women but of thousands of mothers, wives, widows and working women who were trapped in this alienating condition, forced to sell their bodies. Legislation and violence are used to control and restrict the work space for prostitutes, removing these ‘streetwalkers’ from the public eye, grouping them together in tolerance zones with very strict rules, which are in reality in the hands of Cuban and French procurers, and subjecting them to constant inspections carried out by hygienists who physically and symbolically assault women’s bodies. What is more, speeches about prostitution, whether made by politicians, feminists, journalists, doctors or mere observers, contribute significantly to a certain representation of these women. While debates about prostitution have recently shaken public opinion, this work refers back to an episode of Cuba’s history which brings us to reflect upon the evolution of the phenomenon and on its protean nature. Cuba Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess urn:doi:10.4000/etudescaribeennes.6945 http://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/6945 | Partager |
Parque de José Luz Caballero, La Habana, Cuba ; Manuel R. Bustamante Photograph Collection. Auteur(s) : Corral, Ramón ( Photographer ) Résumé : Written on front: "173", "Parque de José Luz Caballero, Habana", "R. Corral" CHC5017 Havana (Cuba) Droits : http://merrick.library.miami.edu/digitalprojects/copyright.html chc50170002770001001 1560 | Partager |
Large building in Havana, Cuba ; The Bryant Slides Collection ; The Bryant Slides Collection, Cuba Auteur(s) : Unknown ( Photographer ) Varela, Enrique Luis ( Architect ) Résumé : The slides were taken on collecting trips sponsored by the William L. Bryant Foundation, where books, music and art indigenous to the regions were gathered. The are organized by geographical location. This photograph shows a large building which is part of Havana's public square, which was originally called la Plaza Cívica (Civic Square), but after the Cuban Revolution was renamed "Plaza de la Revolución" or "Revolution Square." The large tower is a memorial to Jose Marti, which was erected during the Presidency of Fulgencio Batista. The square and the memorial were completed in 1959, the year that Fidel Castro came to power. This picture includes many vehicles of the 1950. In front of the building are two billboards. The billboard on the right is a political ad for, then president Batista. It reads "Paz, Trabajo, progreso" - meaning "Peace, Work and Progress." The 109 m (358 ft) tower, designed by a team of architects led by Enrique Luis Varela, is in the form of a five-pointed star, encased in grey Cuban marble from the Isla de la Juventud. Cuba -- Caribbean region -- Havana Droits : All rights to images are held by the respective holding institution. This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce images and/or for copyright information contact Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, FL 32816 phone (407) 823-2576, email: speccoll@mail.ucf.edu CFM1972_01a Sheet 26: 17 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/CA01200416/00001 | Partager Voir aussi Plaza de la Revolucion (Havana, Cuba) La Plaza Civica (Havana, Cuba) Plazas -- Cuba -- Havana Havana (Cuba) -- Description and travel Jose Marti Memorial -- Revolution Square Marti, Jose -- 1853-1895 -- Congresses Automobiles -- Cuba -- 1950-1960 Billboards -- Cuba -- Havana Advertising, Political -- Cuba -- Havana -- 1950-1960 Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company -- Products -- Cuba -- 1950-1960 |
Descripcion de diferentes piezas de historia natural las mas del ramo maritimo Auteur(s) : Parra, Antonio ( Parra y Callado ) Mesa, Rosa Quintero ( associated name ) Imprenta de la Capitania General Éditeur(s) : En la Imprenta de la Capitania General En la Imprenta de la Capitania General ( En La Havana ) Résumé : (Statement of Responsibility) su autor don Antonio Parra. Purchased in memory of Rosa Mesa, Latin American Librarian. Cuba Cuba Cuba Havana Cuba Havana 002663954 13255723 AND1110 f 17000224 | Partager |
Monument to Cuban poet José María Heredia ; Manuel R. Bustamante Photograph Collection. Résumé : Monument to Cuban poet José María Heredia (1803-1839). Written on verso: "Cover April" and "Used 1921." Probably used by the Munson Steamship Line in their publication, The Cuba Review. 1920-1930 CHC5017 Havana (Cuba) Droits : http://merrick.library.miami.edu/digitalprojects/copyright.html chc50170002450001001 1397 | Partager |
Vista General del Monumento al Maine, La Habana ; Manuel R. Bustamante Photograph Collection. Résumé : Monument in Havana, Cuba, dedicated to the victims of the explosion of the USS Maine (1895), dedicated on 8 Mar. 1925. Creators: Félix Cabarrocas and Moisés de Huerta (1881-1962). Written on recto: "República de Cuba", "No.9600", "Secretaría de Obras Públicas", "Oct. 7. 1929", "Vista general del monumento al Maine." Embossed stamp (mark) on recto: "Library of Manuel R. Bustamante" (donor). Notations on verso include illegible address and "Maine Monument -- Havana, Cuba." 1920-1930 CHC5017 Havana (Cuba) Droits : http://merrick.library.miami.edu/digitalprojects/copyright.html chc50170002430001001 1567 | Partager |