Los Beatles en Cuba: Un viaje mágico y misterioso
Encyclopedia
is a book compiled and co-authored by Cuban writer Ernesto Juan Castellanos
. It collects all the proceedings of the First International Colloquium on the Significance of The Beatles' Work in Cuba, held in Havana
from 15–17 October 1996.
The Beatles
never visited Cuba
, so the title is a reference to the presence of The Beatles as a social and cultural phenomenon in the Caribbean island, where they were banned in the 1960s and 1970s after government officials considered Beatlemania
a bad example for the Cuban youth. Los Beatles en Cuba: un viaje mágico y misterioso was the first book about The Beatles ever published in Cuba
. According to scholar Cameron Zywina, the book is an introduction “to the alleged, official prohibition of the Beatles' songs in Cuba between 1964 and 1966, a controversy that I believe remains unresolved at the end of the colloquium.”
The author has also written three other non-fiction books, El sargento Pimienta vino a Cuba en un submarino amarillo
, La guerra se acaba –si tú quieres
, and John Lennon en La Habana with a little help from my friends.
Author: Ernesto Juan Castellanos
Publication: Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba
: Ediciónes UNIÓN, Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba
Year: 1997 (2000 copies)
Description: 227 p.; 21 cm
Language: Spanish
Standard No: ISBN 9592091846; 9789592091849 LCCN: 98-165346
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor: Rock music
– Cuba
-- History and criticism.
Named Corp: Beatles.
Note(s): Song texts in English./ Includes bibliographical references.
Ernesto Juan Castellanos
Ernesto Juan Castellanos, born in 1963, is a freelance author, translator, journalist, filmmaker and researcher who lives and works in Havana, Cuba. In 1996, he started organizing the Cuban Beatles conventions, which opened doors to the world of writing...
. It collects all the proceedings of the First International Colloquium on the Significance of The Beatles' Work in Cuba, held in Havana
Havana
Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...
from 15–17 October 1996.
The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
never visited Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
, so the title is a reference to the presence of The Beatles as a social and cultural phenomenon in the Caribbean island, where they were banned in the 1960s and 1970s after government officials considered Beatlemania
Beatlemania
Beatlemania is a term that originated during the 1960s to describe the intense fan frenzy directed toward The Beatles during the early years of their success...
a bad example for the Cuban youth. Los Beatles en Cuba: un viaje mágico y misterioso was the first book about The Beatles ever published in Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
. According to scholar Cameron Zywina, the book is an introduction “to the alleged, official prohibition of the Beatles' songs in Cuba between 1964 and 1966, a controversy that I believe remains unresolved at the end of the colloquium.”
The author has also written three other non-fiction books, El sargento Pimienta vino a Cuba en un submarino amarillo
El sargento Pimienta vino a Cuba en un submarino amarillo
is Cuban author Ernesto Juan Castellanos’s second book about The Beatles.The book, divided in two halves as a music record, with side A and side B, contains travel pieces of the author around Beatles related places both in London and Liverpool, interviews with John Lennon’s original Quarrymen,...
, La guerra se acaba –si tú quieres
La guerra se acaba –si tú quieres
La guerra se acaba –si tú quieres is Cuban author Ernesto Juan Castellanos’s third non-fiction book, and his first about John Lennon...
, and John Lennon en La Habana with a little help from my friends.
Bibliographical information
Title: Los Beatles en Cuba: un viaje mágico y misteriosoAuthor: Ernesto Juan Castellanos
Ernesto Juan Castellanos
Ernesto Juan Castellanos, born in 1963, is a freelance author, translator, journalist, filmmaker and researcher who lives and works in Havana, Cuba. In 1996, he started organizing the Cuban Beatles conventions, which opened doors to the world of writing...
Publication: Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
: Ediciónes UNIÓN, Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba
Year: 1997 (2000 copies)
Description: 227 p.; 21 cm
Language: Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
Standard No: ISBN 9592091846; 9789592091849 LCCN: 98-165346
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor: Rock music
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
– Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
-- History and criticism.
Named Corp: Beatles.
Note(s): Song texts in English./ Includes bibliographical references.