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La lucha for Cuba : religion and politics on the streets of Miami / / Miguel A. De La Torre



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Autore: De La Torre Miguel A Visualizza persona
Titolo: La lucha for Cuba : religion and politics on the streets of Miami / / Miguel A. De La Torre Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (203 p.)
Disciplina: 305.868/72910759381
Soggetto topico: Cuban Americans - Florida - Miami - Politics and government
Cuban Americans - Florida - Miami - Religion
Cuban Americans - Florida - Miami - Social conditions
Exiles - Florida - Miami - Political activity
Exiles - Religious life - Florida - Miami
Exiles - Florida - Miami - Social conditions
Christianity and politics - Florida - Miami
Oppression (Psychology) - Political aspects - Florida - Miami
Soggetto geografico: Miami (Fla.) Politics and government
Miami (Fla.) Religious life and customs
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-169) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1. An Ajiaco Christianity -- 2. La Lucha: The Religion of Miami -- 3. Psalm 137: Constructing Cuban Identity while in Babylon -- 4. Machismo: Creating Structures of Oppression -- 5. The End of the Elián Saga: The Continuation of La Lucha -- Notes -- References -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: For many in Miami's Cuban exile community, hating Fidel Castro is as natural as loving one's children. This hatred, Miguel De La Torre suggests, has in fact taken on religious significance. In La Lucha for Cuba, De La Torre shows how Exilic Cubans, a once marginalized group, have risen to power and privilege--distinguishing themselves from other Hispanic communities in the United States--and how religion has figured in their ascension. Through the lens of religion and culture, his work also unmasks and explores intra-Hispanic structures of oppression operating among Cubans in Miami. Miami Cubans use a religious expression, la lucha, or "the struggle," to justify the power and privilege they have achieved. Within the context of la lucha, De La Torre explores the religious dichotomy created between the "children of light" (Exilic Cubans) and the "children of darkness" (Resident Cubans). Examining the recent saga of the Elián González custody battle, he shows how the cultural construction of la lucha has become a distinctly Miami-style spirituality that makes el exilio (exile) the basis for religious reflection, understanding, and practice--and that conflates political mobilization with spiritual meaning in an ongoing confrontation with evil.
Titolo autorizzato: La lucha for Cuba  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-93010-X
1-282-35717-4
9786612357176
1-59734-697-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910450363503321
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