Revolutionizing romance : interracial couples in contemporary Cuba /

Scholars have long heralded mestizaje, or race mixing, as the essence of the Cuban nation. Revolutionizing Romance is an account of the continuing significance of race in Cuba as it is experienced in interracial relationships. This ethnography tracks young couples as they move in a world fraught wit...

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Autore principale: Fernandez, Nadine T., 1964-
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2010.
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Sommario:
  • Interracial couples from colony to revolution
  • Socialist equality and the color-blind revolution
  • Mapping interracial couples: race and space in Havana
  • The everyday presence of race
  • Blackness, Whiteness, class, and the emergent economy
  • Interracial couples and racism at home.