The Cultural Politics of Identity and the Cuban Revolution
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum 600 South Gregory Street Urbana
Luis Perez begins with an overview of the interaction, or special relations, between Cubans and North Americans spanning the late nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century. He looks at this relationship from both the perspective of how North Americans came to know Cubans, and vice versa, how Cubans have come to know and represent North Americans. His emphasis is on popular culture and consumption, advancing the argument that these were conditions central to the climate that greeted the triumph of the revolution in 1959.
Hosted by: Department of History
In conjunction with: Center for Advanced Study Initiative on Immigration–History and Policy, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities
J. Carlyle Sitterson Professor of History University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
