Suspect Freedoms: The Racial and Sexual Politics of Cubanidad in New York, 1823-1957

by Nancy Raquel Mirabal

Book Overview

Beginning in the early nineteenth century, Cubans migrated to New York City to organize and protest against Spanish colonial rule. While revolutionary wars raged in Cuba, expatriates envisioned, dissected, and redefined meanings of independence and nationhood. An underlying element was the concept of Cubanidad, a shared sense of what it meant to be Cuban. Deeply influenced by discussions of slavery, freedom, masculinity, and United States imperialism,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814761127
• ISBN13: 9780814761120
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"