Cuba's Racial Crucible: The Sexual Economy of Social Identities, 1750-2000

This prize-winning study examines the historical interplay of racial identity, nationality, and family formation in Cuba from the 18th century to today.

Since the 19th century, there have been two opposing perspectives on Cuban racial identity: one that frames Cubans as white, and one that sees them as racially mixed based on acceptance of African descent. For the past two centuries, these competing views of have remained in continuous tension, while Cuban women and men make their own racial...