Cuba

Andrea O'Reilly Herrera is Professor of Literature and Director of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. She is the author of Pearl of the Antilles and the editor of ReMembering Cuba: Legacy of a Diaspora.

"The multidisciplinary approaches … will appeal to a variety of readers interested in the rich cultural production by Cuban exiles everywhere." — CHOICE"This book is outstanding: it addresses Cuban diaspora from multiple locations; it goes beyond the usual reductionist perspectives; and it reflects the community's diversity by contesting prevalent media, scholarly, and stereotypical representations." — Delia Poey, author of Latino American Literature in the Classroom: The Politics of Transformation"Multiple voices reflect on Cubanía (Cubanness), more often than not from a postmodern transcultural perspective. As a result, the book acquires a dynamic, collage effect, impacting the reader intellectually as well as emotionally." — Jorge Febles, University of North Florida

• Acknowledgments "Hablando en Diásporas" / "Speaking in Diasporas"Lourdes Gil IntroductionAndrea O’Reilly Herrera "Exilio es olvido" / "Exile Is a Forgetting"Pablo Medina Part I. We Are Here, There, and Everywhere, A Nation Displaced "Transplantado" / "Transplanted"Felipe Lázaro 1. Memory, Politics, and Diaspora: Cubans in SpainMette Louise Berg 2. Cuban Exiles in FranceWilliam Navarrete 3. Puerto Rican Cubanness: Reconfiguring Caribbean ImaginariesYolanda Martínez-San Miguel 4. The Cuban Population of the United States: An IntroductionMaría Cristina García 5. Different Diasporas: Cubans in Venezuela, 1959–1998Holly Ackerman 6. "Hebrew with a Cuban Accent": Jewbans in the DiasporaCaroline Bettinger-López 7. In Search of Chino Latinos in Diaspora: Cuban Chinese in New York CityLok Chun Debra Siu 8. "We All Lived Here Together": The Hidden Topic of Race between White and Black Cubans in TampaSusan D. Greenbaum and Linda M. Callejas Part II.  Identities in Motion "El rostro de una nación" / "The Face of a Nation"Iraida Iturralde 9. Identity and Diaspora: Cuban Culture at the CrossroadsAdriana Méndez Rodenas 10. Networks, Remittances, and Family Restaurants: The Cuban Diaspora from a Transnational PerspectiveJorge Duany 11. The Politics of Mis-ReMembering: History, Imagination and the Recovery of the "Lost Generation"Andrea O’Reilly Herrera 12. In Two or More (Dis)Places: Articulating a Marginal Experience of the Cuban DiasporaEliana Rivero 13. A Cuban-Chinese FamiliaEmily Lo 14. In Search of the Palm Tree: An Afternoon with Tania LeónInterview by Iraida Iturralde Part III. The Space between Memory and History: Cultural Transformation in the Diaspora "Book of Heather" Maya Islas 15. Diaspora and Memory in Cuban LiteratureRafael Rojas 16. "Fertile Multiplicities": Zoé Valdés and the Writers of the ’90s GenerationIsabel Alvarez Borland 17. "A Homecoming without a Home": Recent U.S. Cuban Writing of DiasporaClaudia Sadowski-Smith 18. "The Dream of Paradise": Homosexuality and Lesbianism in Contemporary Cuban-American LiteratureFrancisco Soto 19. "Defying Liminality": The Journeys of Cuban Artists in the DiasporaAndrea O’Reilly Herrera Appendix A: List of ArtistsAppendix B: Café Cubano a La Grisel 20. Framing the Cuban Diaspora: Representation and Dialogue in Recent Filmic ProductionsRaúl Rubio 21. Music and NationAntonio Benítez-Rojo 22. The InheritanceCarlos Victoria EpilogueAndrea O’Reilly Herrera "Cruza Fronteras"Virgil Suárez ContributorsIndex