Un mundo figurado de poder de color verde olivo

  • María A. Cabrera Arús
Keywords: figurative world ; power ; Cuban Revolution ; Fidel Castro ; guerrilla ; politics ; uniform

Abstract

The presentation analyzes the role of fashion in the construction of the revolutionary image of Fidel Castro, evaluating its political impact. It is argued that the olive green campaign uniform contributed to establishing the political vanguard role of the guerrilla led by Fidel Castro and presenting him as the leader of the revolutionary movement, making agents such as the urban underground resistance, traditional political parties and the communist party invisible. . Likewise, the guerrilla style of Fidel Castro and the other revolutionary leaders is presented as the place of enunciation of a new political allegory, that of the revolutionary, who would embody the image of Fidel Castro and, after the assassination of Che Guevara in 1967, that of this of last month. It also analyzes the efforts of the revolutionary leadership to extend the use of the olive green uniform to the citizens, through mass organizations of a military and paramilitary nature that advocated the ideal of a revolutionary New Man formed in the image and likeness of Fidel Castro. All of this would form a figurative world of power that would present post-revolutionary Cuba as a society in revolution, and would legitimize the leadership of Fidel Castro, with echoes that reach the contemporary world of international fashion and politics.

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Published
2022-05-09
How to Cite
Cabrera Arús, M. A. (2022). Un mundo figurado de poder de color verde olivo. Cuadernos Del Centro De Estudios De Diseño Y Comunicación, (152). https://doi.org/10.18682/cdc.vi152.6684