A Philosophical Journey by Roland - ISBN: 9780199739660
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Cuba’s socialist dream versus tourist realities: a fight for belonging.

A Philosophical Journey

An Ethnography of Racial Meaning

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    144 pages

  • Release Date

    15 September 2010

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Summary

Cuban Color in Tourism and La Lucha: An Ethnography of Racial Meanings offers a provocative look at what it means to belong in modern socialist Cuba. Drawn from her extensive travels throughout Cuba over the past decade, author L. Kaifa Roland pulls back the curtain on a country that has remained mysterious to Americans since the mid-twentieth century. Through vivid vignettes and firsthand details, Roland exposes the lasting effects of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the subsequent rise …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780199739660
ISBN-10:0199739668
Author:Roland
Publisher:Oxford University Press Australia
Imprint:OUP Australia and New Zealand
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:144
Release Date:15 September 2010
Weight:188g
Dimensions:206mm x 137mm x 13mm
Series:Issues of Globalization: Case Studies in Contemporary Anthropology (Paperback)
About The Author

Roland

L. Kaifa Roland is Assistant Professor in Anthropology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her research is in the area of cultural anthropology with specific interests in tourism, national identity, racial and gender constructions, popular cultural practices, and critiques of capitalism. She has conducted extensive field research in Cuba, with a regional focus on the Caribbean and the broader African Diaspora.

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