Rescuing our roots : the African Anglo-Caribbean diaspora in contemporary Cuba / Andrea Queeley.

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Andrea Queeley examines the interconnections between blackness, inequality, migration, and Diaspora in the wake of the effects of the collapse of the Soviet Union on Cuba. Rescuing Our Roots shows, via ethnography, how black Anglophone Caribbean people's desire for social mobility, political engagem...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Queeley, Andrea (Author)
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]
Series:Contemporary Cuba.
Subjects:
Black people > Cuba > Social conditions.
Black people > Cuba > History.
Cuba > Race relations.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > Cuba.
Cuba > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
History.
Black people.
Black people > Social conditions.
Diplomatic relations.
Race relations.
Cuba.
Soviet Union.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xiv, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
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Summary:
Andrea Queeley examines the interconnections between blackness, inequality, migration, and Diaspora in the wake of the effects of the collapse of the Soviet Union on Cuba. Rescuing Our Roots shows, via ethnography, how black Anglophone Caribbean people's desire for social mobility, political engagement, and the opportunity for a better economic situation operates alongside ideas about respectability.
Call Number:F1789.N3 Q44 2015
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-247) and index.
ISBN:9780813061092
0813061091