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The Ontological Logic of the Cuban Revolution The Ontological Logic of the Cuban Revolution
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Contesting the Revolutionary Ontology: The Emergence of the Political Contesting the Revolutionary Ontology: The Emergence of the Political
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A Fantasmatic Logics Approach A Fantasmatic Logics Approach
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Findings and Analysis: Journalistic Fantasies at Work Findings and Analysis: Journalistic Fantasies at Work
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Conclusion: Fantasy and the Deterrents of Ontological Rupture Conclusion: Fantasy and the Deterrents of Ontological Rupture
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8 Independent Journalism in Cuba: Between Fantasy and the Ontological Rupture
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Published:June 2021
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Abstract
This chapter examines the role of fantasy in mediating the daily practices of young Cuban journalists. More precisely, this work focuses on journalists’ fantasies during their professional transition between the state-owned media and independent journalism. In-depth interviews reveal that young journalists use fantasy to conceal their political and emotional selves, investing instead in professional dreams that can be pretty cynical at times. The main argument is that journalists’ immersion in collective fantasies has been essential for escaping personally and professionally oppressive practices at work, making them more able to put up with them. However, the interviewees have also had horrific fantasies, or nightmares, that reveal the dangers of straying too far beyond the revolutionary ontology. The long-term immersion in fantasies can be problematic since it delays journalists’ ability to face their problems, delaying an ontological rupture with an oppressive state-run media system. Finally, fantasies seem to have a two-fold role: by allowing journalists to imagine a parallel reality, they allowed journalists to fantasize about the nature of independent journalism even before it was possible. The analysis draws from discourse theoretical sensitizing concepts, such as agency and identity, which are systematized through a logics approach.
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