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

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.
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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