Ivenceremos?: The Erotics of Black Self-Making in Cuba

by Jafari S. Allen

Book Overview

Promoting the revolutionary socialist project of equality and dignity for all, the slogan Venceremos (We shall overcome ) appears throughout Cuba, everywhere from newspapers to school murals to nightclubs. Yet the accomplishments of the Cuban state are belied by the marginalization of blacks, the prejudice against sexual minorities, and gender inequities. Venceremos? is a groundbreaking ethnography on race, desire, and belonging among...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822349507
• ISBN13: 9780822349501
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"