Cuban Identity and the Angolan Experience (New Directions in Latino American Cultures)

Exploring the cultural politics of Cuba's epic military engagement in the Angolan civil war, this book narrates the transformation of Cuban national identity from Latin African to Caribbean through the experience of internationalism in Angola. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction....Pages 1-12 Front Matter....Pages 13-13 Slave Nostalgias....Pages 15-33 The Public Lives of Santería....Pages 35-56 The Atlas of Africanía: Part One....Pages 57-74 Front Matter....Pages 75-75 Rituals of War....Pages 77-96 Return of the Slaves....Pages 97-113 The Atlas of Africanía: Part Two....Pages 115-134 Front Matter....Pages 135-135 “One Caribbean Sun”....Pages 137-161 The Atlas of Africanía: Part Three....Pages 163-177 Epilogue....Pages 179-183 Back Matter....Pages 185-230