03246nam 2200637Ia 450 991046253320332120200520144314.01-59332-645-9(CKB)2670000000271310(EBL)1057797(OCoLC)818819052(SSID)ssj0000758461(PQKBManifestationID)12387696(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000758461(PQKBWorkID)10780750(PQKB)11762880(MiAaPQ)EBC1057797(Au-PeEL)EBL1057797(CaPaEBR)ebr10622778(EXLCZ)99267000000027131020100412d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrQuestioning the Cuban exile model[electronic resource] race, gender, and resettlement, 1959-1979 /Cheris Brewer CurrentEl Paso [Tex.] LFB Scholarly Pub.20101 online resource (208 p.)The new AmericansDescription based upon print version of record.1-59332-388-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; Introduction; Chapter 1; Normalizing Cuban Refugees: Representations ofWhiteness and Anti-Communism during the Cold War; Chapter 2; "You Are But Hours Away From Miami": ResettlementPolicies and Refugee Experiences with Relocation; Chapter 3; CubaNation: Cuban Communities across the United States; Chapter 4; Cuban Women in Transition: Exile, Work, andNegotiating New Experiences in the US; Chapter 5; Cuban Men in the US: Shifts in Masculinities; Chapter 6; Cuban-American Literature:Redefining Cubanness/Cubanía; Conclusion; Bibliography; IndexUtilizing 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 "sNew Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)CubansUnited StatesHistory20th centuryRefugeesCubaHistory20th centuryImmigrantsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryCubansUnited StatesEthnic identityCubaEmigration and immigrationSocial aspectsUnited StatesEmigration and immigrationSocial aspectsElectronic books.CubansHistoryRefugeesHistoryImmigrantsHistoryCubansEthnic identity.325/.272910973Current Cheris Brewer1979-999063MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462533203321Questioning the Cuban exile model2292064UNINA