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Cuba's Racial Crucible The Sexual Economy of Social Identities, 1750-2000

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ISBN-10: 0253016541

ISBN-13: 9780253016546

Edition: 2015

Authors: Karen Y. Morrison

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Since the 19th century, assertions of a common racially mixed Cuban identity based on acceptance of African descent have challenged the view of the Cuban as racially white. For the past two centuries, these competing views of Cuban racial identity have remained in continuous tension, while Cuban women and men make their own racially oriented choices in family formation. Cuba’s Racial Crucible explores the historical dynamics of Cuban race relations by highlighting the racially selective reproductive practices and genealogical memories associated with family formation. Karen Y. Morrison reads archival, oral-history, and literary sources to demonstrate the ideological centrality and…    
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Book details

Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 5/26/2015
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 372
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English