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When we finish our job, we will cut off our beards: New York Times coverage of Fidel Castro's 1959 U.S. visit

Ruggiero, Thomas

Authors

Thomas Ruggiero



Abstract

During a brief historical moment, April 15-26, 1959, Fidel Castro and a delgation of more than fifty industrial and international representatives visited the United States as guests of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. The 32-year-old Cuban revolutionary, in rumpled fatigues and unkempt beard, was extolled by many U.S. citizens as a genuine hero. This article suggests that this postive presentation was largely created and perpetuated by mainstream media accounts from newspapers such as the New York Times that lent credence to Castro's image as a charismatic Iberian conqueror.

Citation

Ruggiero, T. (2008). When we finish our job, we will cut off our beards: New York Times coverage of Fidel Castro's 1959 U.S. visit

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2008
Journal The Journal of Latino-Latin American Studies
Print ISSN 1549-9502
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 3
Issue 1
Pages 76-93
Keywords Castro, Cuba, media, New York Times
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1021539
Publisher URL http://jollas.metapress.com/content/g513l22q7jt26735/?p=761e6cfb841d40a4a0e6abb4388c918a&pi=3


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