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

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 eng...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Queeley, Andrea (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2015]
Series:	Contemporary Cuba.
Subjects:	Blacks > Cuba > Social conditions. Blacks > Cuba > History. Cuba > Race relations. Soviet Union > Foreign relations > Cuba. Cuba > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.

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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.
Physical Description:	xiv, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780813061092 0813061091