Revolutionary Masculinity and Racial Inequality
Gendering War and Politics in Cuba
University of New Mexico Press · Print & ebook · December 1, 2021
One of the most paradoxical aspects of Cuban history is the coexistence of national myths of racial harmony with lived experiences of racial inequality.
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- Who it’s for
- A historian traces how gendered language carried racial hierarchy through Cuba’s transition to republic.
- Genres
- Cuban History, Race & Ethnic Relations, Caribbean & Latin American Studies
- Published
- University of New Mexico Press, December 1, 2021
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One of the most paradoxical aspects of Cuban history is the coexistence of national myths of racial harmony with lived experiences of racial inequality. Here a historian addresses this issue by examining the ways soldiers and politicians coded their discussions of race in ideas of masculinity during Cuba’s transition from colony to republic. Cuban insurgents, the author shows, rarely mentioned race outright.
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Instead, they often expressed their attitudes toward racial hierarchy through distinctly gendered language—revolutionary masculinity. By examining the relationship between historical experiences of race and discourses of masculinity, Lucero advances understandings about how racial exclusion functioned in a supposedly raceless society. Revolutionary masculinity, she shows, outwardly reinforced the centrality of color blindness to Cuban ideals of manhood at the same time as it perpetuated exclusion of Cubans of African descent from positions of authority.
Masculinity and Race
A historian traces how gendered language carried racial hierarchy through Cuba’s transition to republic.
Come here for
- Soldiers’ and politicians’ coded discussions of race
Expect
- The tension between color-blind ideals of manhood and exclusion from authority
Where it sits
| Cuban History | 82% |
|---|---|
| Race & Ethnic Relations | 37% |
| Caribbean & Latin American Studies | 26% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Cuban History
- Social History
- Authors
- Bonnie A. Lucero
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Published
- December 1, 2021
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Cuban History