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9780807858998
On Becoming Cuban
by Pérez, Louis A., Jr.
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- ISBN-13: 9780807858998
- ISBN: 0807858994
- Publication Date: 2008
- Publisher: University of North Carolina Press, The
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Explores the rich cultural ties between Cuba and the United States and reveals their startling influence on the way Cubans see themselves as a people and as a nation. In a sweeping multilayered history, P?rez explores the intertwined lives of Cubans and Americans from the late nineteenth century to the 1950s to show how deeply each nation influenced the other. Using an array of sources, from music to oral history to popular magazines and movies, he provides a convincing and kaleidoscopic interpretation filled with colorful personalities. He concludes with a brilliant discussion of the cultural context for Castro's uprising. -"Foreign Affairs"Pérez, Louis A., Jr. is the author of 'On Becoming Cuban', published 2008 under ISBN 9780807858998 and ISBN 0807858994.
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