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In Cuba, internationally renowned artists, philosophers, and writers reflect on the idea of a nation displaced. Featuring contributions from Isabel Alvarez Borland, Antonio Benitez-Rojo, Maria Cristina Garcia, William Navarrete, Eliana Rivero, Rafael Rojas, and Carlos Victoria, as well as many others, Cuba is a rich collection of essays, testimonials, and interviews that reveal the complex, often antagonistic cultural and political debates coexisting within the Cuban exile population. As a multivoiced text, Cuba formulates a deeper understanding of diasporic identity, and broadens the discussion of the manner in which Cuban cultural identity and nationhood have been constructed, negotiated, and transformed by physical and cultural displacement.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

"Hablando en Diasporas"/"Speaking in Diasporas" Lourdes Gil Gil, Lourdes 1

Introduction Andrea O'Reilly Herrera Herrera, Andrea O'Reilly 3

"Exilio es olvido"/"Exile Is a Forgetting" Pablo Medina Medina, Pablo 3

Part 1 We Are Here, There, and Everywhere, a Nation Displaced

"Transplantado"/"Transplanted" Felipe Lazaro Lazaro, Felipe 13

1 Memory, Politics, and Diaspora: Cubans in Spain Mette Louise Berg Berg, Mette Louise 15

2 Cuban Exiles in France William Navarrete Navarrete, William 35

3 Puerto Rican Cubanness: Reconfiguring Caribbean Imaginaries Yolanda Martinez-San Miguel Miguel, Yolanda Martinez-San 47

4 The Cuban Population of the United States: An Introduction Maria Cristina Garcia Garcia, Maria Cristina 75

5 Different Diasporas: Cubans in Venezuela, 1959-1998 Holly Ackerman Ackerman, Holly 90

6 "Hebrew with a Cuban Accent": Jewbans in the Diaspora Caroline Bettinger-Lopez Bettinger-Lopez, Caroline 107

7 In Search of Chino Latinos in Diaspora: Cuban Chinese in New York City Lok Chun Debra Siu Siu, Lok Chun Debra 123

8 "We All Lived Here Together": The Hidden Topic of Race between White and Black Cubans in Tampa Susan D. Greenbaum Greenbaum, Susan D. Linda M. Callejas Callejas, Linda M. 132

Part 2 Identities in Motion

"El rostro de una nacion"/"The Face of a Natio" Iraida Iturralde Iturralde, Iraida 141

9 Identity and Diaspora: Cuban Culture at the Crossroads Adriana Mendez Rodenas Rodenas, Adriana Mendez 143

10 Networks, Remittances, and Family Restaurants: The Cuban Diaspora from a Transnational Perspective Jorge Duany Duany, Jorge 161

11 The Politics of Mis-ReMembering: History, Imaginationand the Recovery of the Lost Generation Andrea O'Reilly Herrera Herrera, Andrea O'Reilly 176

12 In Two or More (Dis) Places: Articulating a Marginal Experience of the Cuban Diaspora Eliana Rivero Rivero, Eliana 194

13 A Cuban-Chinese Familia Emily Lo Lo, Emily 215

14 In Search of the Palm Tree: An Afternoon with Tania Leon Interview by Iraida Iturralde 223

Part 3 The Space Between History and Memory: Cultural Transformation in Diaspora

"Book of Heather" Maya Islas Islas, Maya 235

15 Diaspora and Memory in Cuban Literature Rafael Rojas Rojas, Rafael 237

16 "Fertile Multiplicities": Zoe Valdes and the Writers of the '90s Generation Isabel Alvarez Borland Borland, Isabel Alvarez 253

17 "A Homecoming without a Home": Recent U.S. Cuban Writing of Diaspora Claudia Sadowski-Smith Sadowski-Smith, Claudia 267

18 "The Dream of Paradise": Homosexuality and Lesbianism in Contemporary Cuban-American Literature Francisco Soto Soto, Francisco 285

19 "Defying Liminality": The Journeys of Cuban Artists in the Diaspora Andrea O'Reilly Herrera Herrera, Andrea O'Reilly 301

Appendix A List of Artists 311

Appendix B Cafe Cubano a La Grisel 313

20 Framing the Cuban Diaspora: Representation and Dialogue in Recent Filmic Productions Raul Rubio Rubio, Raul 314

21 Music and Nation Antonio Benitez-Rojo Benitez-Rojo, Antonio 328

22 The Inheritance Carlos Victoria Victoria, Carlos 341

Epilogue Andrea O'Reilly Herrera Herrera, Andrea O'Reilly 345

"Cruza Fronteras" Virgil Suarez Suarez, Virgil 345

Contributors 347

Index 355

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