Oye Loca : From the Mariel Boatlift to Gay Cuban Miami /

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During a few months in 1980, 125,000 Cubans entered the U.S. as part of a massive migration known as the Mariel boatlift. Drawing from first-person stories of Cuban Americans, as well as government documents and cultural texts from both the U.S. and Cuba, the author reveals how a single historical e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peña, Susana, 1972-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Immigrants.
Gay men.
Gay culture.
Cuban Americans > Cultural assimilation.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Culture homosexuelle > Floride > Miami.
Americains d'origine cubaine > Acculturation.
Homosexuels masculins > Cuba.
Homosexuels masculins > Floride > Miami.
Gay culture > Florida > Miami.
Immigrants > Florida > Miami.
Gay men > Cuba.
Gay men > Florida > Miami.
Florida > Miami.
Cuba.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:During a few months in 1980, 125,000 Cubans entered the U.S. as part of a massive migration known as the Mariel boatlift. Drawing from first-person stories of Cuban Americans, as well as government documents and cultural texts from both the U.S. and Cuba, the author reveals how a single historical event shaped the formation of an entire ethnic and sexual landscape.
Physical Description:1 online resource (280 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780816686674

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