{"product_id":"afro-cuban-voices-on-race-and-identity-in-contemporary-cuba-paperback","title":"Afro-Cuban Voices: On Race and Identity in Contemporary Cuba - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePedro Pérez Sarduy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJean Stubbs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the forewords: \"At a time when Cuba is undergoing immense economic and social changes, race becomes a kind of cultural litmus test for the national identity. . . . This anthology illustrates fully that it is possible to be both revolutionary and black in Cuba.\"--Manning Marable, Columbia University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The authors of \u003cem\u003eAfro-Cuban Voices\u003c\/em\u003e, also key actors in the new, unfolding dialogue about race in Cuba, make a seminal contribution through a forthright critique of 'racial blind spots' in official history and present-day racial discrimination.\"--James Early, director of cultural studies and communication, Smithsonian Institution \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the series editor: \"A courageous attempt to deal head-on with the issue of race in Cuba today. . . . Pérez Sarduy and Stubbs [seek to] put a human face on this debate, and do so well. The book will be received with relief by some and with frustration by others. Controversial it will undoubtedly be, since--as with most things Cuban--strong emotions are a given assumption. It will be an admirable beginning for the series and, it is hoped, will spark a much-needed debate in the United States on many aspects of the 'Cuban question.' It is about time.\"--John M. Kirk \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on the vivid firsthand testimony of prominent Afro-Cubans who live in Cuba, this book of interviews looks at ways that race affects daily life on the island. While celebrating their racial and national identity, the collected voices express an urgent need to end the silences and distortions of history in both pre- and postrevolutionary Cuba. The 14 people interviewed--of different generations and from different geographic areas of Cuba--come from the arts, the media, industry, academia, and medicine. They include a doctor who calls for joint U.S.-Cuban studies on high blood pressure and a craftsman who makes the batá drums used in Yoruba worship ceremonies. All responded to four controversial questions: What is it like to be black in Cuba? How has the revolution made a difference? To what extent is that difference true today? What can be done? Exposing the contradictions of both racial stereotyping and cultural assimilation, their eloquent answers make the case that the issue of race in Cuba, no matter how hard to define, will not be ignored.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA volume in the series Contemporary Cuba, edited by John M. Kirk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePedro Pérez Sarduy\u003c\/b\u003e is a Cuban poet, writer, and journalist who has worked for Cuban and British media. He is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eAFROCUBA: An Anthology of Cuban Writing on Race, Politics and Culture.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eJean Stubbs\u003c\/b\u003e is a British historian and codirector of the Commodities of Empire British Academy Research Project based at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. She is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eAFROCUBA: An Anthology of Cuban Writing on Race, Politics and Culture.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 222\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 28, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53484294766899,"sku":"9780813068213","price":42.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/PEr__hwXcB9780813068213.webp?v=1782882498","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/afro-cuban-voices-on-race-and-identity-in-contemporary-cuba-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}