Entangled Terrains and Identities in Cuba - Memories of Guantanamo

Entangled Terrains and Identities in Cuba: Memories of Guantánamo explores the challenges and conflicts of life in the transnational spaces between Cuba and the United States by examining the lived experiences of Alberto Jones, a first-generation black Cuban who worked at the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay. Asa McKercher and Catherine Krull take readers on a journey through Jones's life as he crossed the entangled political, racial, cultural, and economic boundaries, both in Cuba and living as a black Cuban in central Florida. McKercher and Krull argue that Jones's story encapsulates the reality of recent Caribbean and Cuban experiences as they deconstruct the events of his life to reveal the broader cultural and social implications of identity, boundaries, and belonging throughout Caribbean and Cuban history.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Louis A. Pérez, Jr.
Prologue: Entangled Terrains: Empire, Identity, and Memories of Guantánamo
Chapter 1: An English-Speaking Diaspora: West Indian Migrants in Cuba
Chapter 2: From Boyhood to Manhood at the Edge of Empire: Growing up
in Guantánamo's Shadow
Chapter 3: Negotiating Revolution in Guantánamo, 1953-1960
Chapter 4: Caught in the Crossfire of Crisis
Chapter 5: Homecoming? Cross Borders Post-Guantánamo

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Asa McKercher is assistant professor in the Department of History at the Royal Military College of Canada.

Zusammenfassung

This book examines the lived experiences of first-generation black Cuban Alberto Jones, who worked on the US naval base at Guantánamo Bay and lived through the Cuban revolution, to explore the challenges and conflicts of life in the transnational spaces between Cuba and the United States.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Catherine Krull, Krull Catherine, Asa McKercher, Asa Krull Mckercher, McKercher Asa
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781793602770
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-277-0
• Seiten: 188
• Serien: Lexington Studies on Cuba; Bloomsbury Studies on Cuba
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Geowissenschaften > Geografie; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; Latin America, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, International Relations, Caribbean islands, Politics & government, Politics and government, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America