Benson, Devyn Spence,
Antiracism in Cuba the unfinished revolution / [electronic resource] : Devyn Spence Benson. - Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016] - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - Envisioning Cuba . - Envisioning Cuba. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: race and revolution in Cuba -- Not blacks, but citizens: racial rhetoric and the 1959 revolution -- The black citizen of the future: Afro-Cuban activists and the 1959 revolution -- From Miami to New York and beyond: race and exile in the 1960s -- Cuba calls!: exploiting African American and Cuban alliances for equal rights -- Poor, black, and a teacher: loyal black revolutionaries and the literacy campaign -- Epilogue: a revolution inside of the revolution: Afro-Cuban experiences after 1961.
"Analyzing the ideology and rhetoric around race in Cuba and south Florida during the early years of the Cuban revolution, Devyn Spence Benson argues that ideas, stereotypes, and discriminatory practices relating to racial difference persisted despite major efforts by the Cuban state to generate social equality. ... examines 1960s government programs and campaigns against discrimination, showing how such programs frequently negated their efforts by reproducing racist images and idioms in revolutionary propaganda, cartoons, and school materials"--
9781469626741 1469626748
Equality--History--Cuba--20th century.
Blacks--Social conditions--Cuba--20th century.
Racism--Cuba.
Cuba--Politics and government--1959-1990.
Cuba--Race relations--History--20th century.
Electronic books.
F1789.A1 / B46 2016
305.80097291
Antiracism in Cuba the unfinished revolution / [electronic resource] : Devyn Spence Benson. - Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016] - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - Envisioning Cuba . - Envisioning Cuba. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: race and revolution in Cuba -- Not blacks, but citizens: racial rhetoric and the 1959 revolution -- The black citizen of the future: Afro-Cuban activists and the 1959 revolution -- From Miami to New York and beyond: race and exile in the 1960s -- Cuba calls!: exploiting African American and Cuban alliances for equal rights -- Poor, black, and a teacher: loyal black revolutionaries and the literacy campaign -- Epilogue: a revolution inside of the revolution: Afro-Cuban experiences after 1961.
"Analyzing the ideology and rhetoric around race in Cuba and south Florida during the early years of the Cuban revolution, Devyn Spence Benson argues that ideas, stereotypes, and discriminatory practices relating to racial difference persisted despite major efforts by the Cuban state to generate social equality. ... examines 1960s government programs and campaigns against discrimination, showing how such programs frequently negated their efforts by reproducing racist images and idioms in revolutionary propaganda, cartoons, and school materials"--
9781469626741 1469626748
Equality--History--Cuba--20th century.
Blacks--Social conditions--Cuba--20th century.
Racism--Cuba.
Cuba--Politics and government--1959-1990.
Cuba--Race relations--History--20th century.
Electronic books.
F1789.A1 / B46 2016
305.80097291