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    "pk": 48795,
    "title": "Orientalist Solidarity: José Martí and Cuba’s Vaccine Internationalism",
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    "abstract": "<p>Close examination of the names of Cuba’s vaccines against COVID-19 and their ideological weight reveals the role of 19th-century discourses—and particularly Orientalism—within post-1959 Cuban cultural politics and specifically 21st-century internationalism and models of patriotism promoted domestically. This analysis of the use of 19th-century cultural ideals and symbols steeped in Orientalism focuses on the ramifications of José Martí’s (1853-1895) verse play Abdala (1869) in contemporary Cuban cultural politics. It sheds light on, not only the paradoxical Orientalist foundations of Cuban internationalism, but the dark side of South-South solidarity. The Orientalism surrounding one of the vaccine names, Abdala, creates confusion in relations with the Arab world. Moreover, through a shared vocabulary and symbology, Cuban vaccine internationalism is intertwined with nationalist rhetoric and oppressive domestic policies. Analyzing Martí’s Abdala reveals that this instance of solidarity is a double-edged sword that, in addition to being part of international political alliance-building, creates barriers to South-South dialogue, and is used to contain dissent in the domestic sphere.</p>",
    "language": "eng",
    "license": {
        "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0",
        "short_name": "CC BY 4.0",
        "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.",
        "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Cuba"
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        {
            "word": "Arab World"
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        {
            "word": "José Martí"
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            "word": "Abdala"
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        {
            "word": "Coronavirus pandemic"
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            "word": "COVID-19 vaccines"
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        {
            "word": "internationalism"
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        {
            "word": "Orientalism"
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        {
            "word": "Solidarity"
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        {
            "word": "South-South Relations"
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            "first_name": "Christina",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Civantos",
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            "department": ""
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    "date_submitted": "2025-06-25T10:23:11.278000-04:00",
    "date_accepted": "2025-06-25T10:42:35.443000-04:00",
    "date_published": "2025-06-25T16:12:58.764000-04:00",
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