LEADER 03246nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910462533203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-59332-645-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000271310 035 $a(EBL)1057797 035 $a(OCoLC)818819052 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000758461 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12387696 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000758461 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10780750 035 $a(PQKB)11762880 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1057797 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1057797 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10622778 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000271310 100 $a20100412d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aQuestioning the Cuban exile model$b[electronic resource] $erace, gender, and resettlement, 1959-1979 /$fCheris Brewer Current 210 $aEl Paso [Tex.] $cLFB Scholarly Pub.$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (208 p.) 225 1 $aThe new Americans 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59332-388-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; 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/Cubani?a; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index 330 $aUtilizing an interdisciplinary approach, Current offers a fresh approach to a topic that has received a fair amount of attention. She questions traditional narratives on first and second wave Cuban immigration that construct a monolithic Cuban experience and identity. This traditional singular identity and experience is the basis of the Exile Model, which presents Cubans as overtly political, highly educated, universally white, economically successful, residents of Miami, and martyrs of Castro's revolution. This oversimplification ignores the structural assistance that facilitated the Cuban "s 410 0$aNew Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) 606 $aCubans$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aRefugees$zCuba$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aImmigrants$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCubans$zUnited States$xEthnic identity 607 $aCuba$xEmigration and immigration$xSocial aspects 607 $aUnited States$xEmigration and immigration$xSocial aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCubans$xHistory 615 0$aRefugees$xHistory 615 0$aImmigrants$xHistory 615 0$aCubans$xEthnic identity. 676 $a325/.272910973 700 $aCurrent$b Cheris Brewer$f1979-$0999063 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462533203321 996 $aQuestioning the Cuban exile model$92292064 997 $aUNINA