Oye Loca : From the Mariel Boatlift to Gay Cuban Miami by Susana Peña (2013, Trade Paperback)

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The product is a textbook titled "Oye Loca: From the Mariel Boatlift to Gay Cuban Miami" by Susana Peña. Published by University of Minnesota Press in 2013, the book explores subjects such as History, Social Science, Hispanic American Studies, Emigration & Immigration, LGBT Studies, and Sociology. It is a trade paperback format, written in English, with 280 pages and dimensions of 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.5 inches.

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PublisherUniversity of Minnesota Press
ISBN-100816665540
ISBN-139780816665549
eBay Product ID (ePID)167619855

Product Key Features

Number of Pages280 Pages
Publication NameOye Loca : from the Mariel Boatlift to Gay Cuban Miami
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
SubjectEthnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Emigration & Immigration, Sociology / General, Lgbt Studies / Gay Studies, Caribbean & West Indies / General, Sociology / Urban
TypeTextbook
AuthorSusana Peña
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight23.5 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2013-014539
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsThis wonderful work unravels the complex and messy strands of emergences, disappearances, visibilities, and erasures of the loca, the gender, and sexually transgressive Cuban male homosexual figure who arrived in America via the Mariel boatlift. Susana Peña carefully and sensitively excavates through layers of historical and cultural abjection in order to persuasively demonstrate how the loca's stigmatized exilic trajectory is intimately connected to the advent of a Cuban American gay culture in Miami. --Martin F. Manalansan IV, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, This wonderful work unravels the complex and messy strands of emergences, disappearances, visibilities, and erasures of the loca, the gender, and sexually transgressive Cuban male homosexual figure who arrived in America via the Mariel boatlift. Susana Pea carefully and sensitively excavates through layers of historical and cultural abjection in order to persuasively demonstrate how the loca's stigmatized exilic trajectory is intimately connected to the advent of a Cuban American gay culture in Miami. --Martin F. Manalansan IV, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal306.76609759381
Table Of ContentContents Introduction 1. From UMAPs to Save Our Children: Policing Homosexuality in Cuba and Miami before 1980 2. Obvious Gays and the State Gaze: Gay Visibility and Immigration Policy during the Mariel Boatlift 3. Cultures of Gay Visibility and Renarrating Mariel 4. Pájaration and Transculturation: Language and Meaning in Gay Cuban Miami 5. Narratives of Nation and Sexual Identity: Remembering Cuba 6. Families, Disclosure, and Visibility 7. Locas, Papis, and Muscle Queens: Racialized Discourses of Masculinity and Desire 8. ¡Oye Loca! Gay Cuba in Drag Conclusion AcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
SynopsisDuring a few months in 1980, 125,000 Cubans entered the U.S. as part of a massive migration known as the Mariel boatlift. Drawing from first-person stories of Cuban Americans as well as government documents and cultural texts from both the U.S. and Cuba, Susana Peña reveals how a historical event shaped the formation of an entire ethnic and sexual landscape., During only a few months in 1980, 125,000 Cubans entered the United States as part of a massive migration known as the Mariel boatlift. The images of boats of all sizes, in various conditions, filled with Cubans of all colors and ages, triggered a media storm. Fleeing Cuba's repressive government, many homosexual men and women arrived in the United States only to face further obstacles. Deemed "undesirables" by the U.S. media, the Cuban state, and Cuban Americans already living in Miami, these new entrants marked a turning point in Miami's Cuban American and gay histories. In Oye Loca , Susana Peña investigates a moment of cultural collision. Drawing from first-person stories of Cuban Americans as well as government documents and cultural texts from both the United States and Cuba, Peña reveals how these discussions both sensationalized and silenced the gay presence, giving way to a Cuban American gay culture. Through an examination of the diverse lives of Cuban and Cuban American gay men, we learn that Miami's gay culture was far from homogeneous. By way of in-depth interviews, participant observation, and archival analysis, Peña shows that the men who crowded into small apartments together, bleached their hair with peroxide, wore housedresses in the street, and endured ruthless insults challenged what it meant to be Cuban in Miami. Making a critical incision through the study of heteronormativity, homosexualities, and racialization, ultimately Oye Loca illustrates how a single historical event helped shape the formation of an entire ethnic and sexual landscape., During only a few months in 1980, 125,000 Cubans entered the United States as part of a massive migration known as the Mariel boatlift. The images of boats of all sizes, in various conditions, filled with Cubans of all colors and ages, triggered a media storm. Fleeing Cuba's repressive government, many homosexual men and women arrived in the United States only to face further obstacles. Deemed "undesirables" by the U.S. media, the Cuban state, and Cuban Americans already living in Miami, these new entrants marked a turning point in Miami's Cuban American and gay histories. In Oye Loca, Susana Peña investigates a moment of cultural collision. Drawing from first-person stories of Cuban Americans as well as government documents and cultural texts from both the United States and Cuba, Peña reveals how these discussions both sensationalized and silenced the gay presence, giving way to a Cuban American gay culture. Through an examination of the diverse lives of Cuban and Cuban American gay men, we learn that Miami's gay culture was far from homogeneous. By way of in-depth interviews, participant observation, and archival analysis, Peña shows that the men who crowded into small apartments together, bleached their hair with peroxide, wore housedresses in the street, and endured ruthless insults challenged what it meant to be Cuban in Miami. Making a critical incision through the study of heteronormativity, homosexualities, and racialization, ultimately Oye Loca illustrates how a single historical event helped shape the formation of an entire ethnic and sexual landscape., During only a few months in 1980, 125,000 Cubans entered the United States as part of a massive migration known as the Mariel boatlift. The images of boats of all sizes, in various conditions, filled with Cubans of all colors and ages, triggered a media storm. Fleeing Cuba's repressive government, many homosexual men and women arrived in the United States only to face further obstacles. Deemed "undesirables" by the U.S. media, the Cuban state, and Cuban Americans already living in Miami, these new entrants marked a turning point in Miami's Cuban American and gay histories. In Oye Loca , Susana Pe a investigates a moment of cultural collision. Drawing from first-person stories of Cuban Americans as well as government documents and cultural texts from both the United States and Cuba, Pe a reveals how these discussions both sensationalized and silenced the gay presence, giving way to a Cuban American gay culture. Through an examination of the diverse lives of Cuban and Cuban American gay men, we learn that Miami's gay culture was far from homogeneous. By way of in-depth interviews, participant observation, and archival analysis, Pe a shows that the men who crowded into small apartments together, bleached their hair with peroxide, wore housedresses in the street, and endured ruthless insults challenged what it meant to be Cuban in Miami. Making a critical incision through the study of heteronormativity, homosexualities, and racialization, ultimately Oye Loca illustrates how a single historical event helped shape the formation of an entire ethnic and sexual landscape.
LC Classification NumberHQ76.2.U52M5257 2013

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