Cuban Color in Tourism and La Lucha

An Ethnography of Racial Meaning
ISBN13: 9780199739660ISBN10: 0199739668 Paperback, 144 pages
Sep 2010,  In Stock

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144 pages; 13 photos; 3 lc; 5-1/2 x 8-1/4; ISBN13: 978-0-19-973966-0ISBN10: 0-19-973966-8
A brief, engaging ethnography on race and tourism in modern socialist Cuba that engages concepts of belonging and identity

Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: Race, Tourism, and Belonging in Cuba
Welcome to Cuba
The Meaning(s) of "Race"
Tourism and the Caribbean
Socialism and Cuba's Revolutionary Ideal
Post-socialist Globalization
Methodology
Chapter 2: "Blackness" and Race Matters in Cuba
Raciality in Cuba
Race and the Revolution
From Black(ness) to White(ned)
Gendered Race/Raced Gender
Conclusion
Chapter 3: Surviving through La Lucha
La Lucha
Ineteros (Hustlers)
Marrying the Other
Conclusion
Chapter 4: Tourism and Belonging
Who Tours Cuba?
Privilege and Place
Power and Belonging
The Yuma/Jinetero Dynamic
Conclusion
Chapter 5: Of Shorts and Segregated Socialism
Separate and Unequal
Transition or Transformation
Conclusion
Epilogue: Where Are They Now?
From Jineteros to Perros Callejeros
Yumas Out, Pepes In
Raul Castro and Change
Student Resource Guide
Glossary of Key Terms
Glossary of Spanish/Cuban Terms
Bibliography
Index

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