Rescuing Our Roots

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Rescuing Our Roots is written by Andrea J. Queeley and published by University Press of Florida. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0813063086 (ISBN 10) and 9780813063089 (ISBN 13).

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Nested Diasporas, Multiple Mobilities, and the Politics of Black Belonging -- 1. British West Indian Migration to Cuba: The Roots and Routes of Respectability -- 2. Get Out or Get Involved: Revolutionary Change and Conflicting Visions of Freedom -- 3. Special Identities in Cuba's Special Period: Race, Region, and Revitalization -- 4. "Somos Negros Finos" (We Are Refined Blacks): Rescuing Roots as an Assertion of Respectable Blackness -- 5. "¿Gracias a la Revolución?": Narratives of Social Mobility as Spaces of Subject Formation -- Conclusion: Dreams Multiplied ... A Final Entrée to Cuba -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index