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Questioning the Cuban exile model : race, gender, and resettlement, 1959-1979 /

Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach, Current offers a fresh approach to a topic that has received a fair amount of attention. She questions traditional narratives on first and second wave Cuban immigration that construct a monolithic Cuban experience and identity. This traditional singular ident...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Current, Cheris Brewer, 1979-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2010.
Colección:New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach, Current offers a fresh approach to a topic that has received a fair amount of attention. She questions traditional narratives on first and second wave Cuban immigration that construct a monolithic Cuban experience and identity. This traditional singular identity and experience is the basis of the Exile Model, which presents Cubans as overtly political, highly educated, universally white, economically successful, residents of Miami, and martyrs of Castro?s revolution. This oversimplification ignores the structural assistance that facilitated the Cuban?s.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (208 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781593326456
1593326459