Description
Book SynopsisRevolutionizing Romance is an account of the continuing significance of race in Cuba as it is experienced in interracial relationships.
Trade Review"This excellent work breaks new ground in our understanding of Cuban society by focusing on interracial relationships, the sites where mestizaje is produced. Fernandez analyzes these interactions and exchanges with all their contradictions and complexities, making for a compelling read." -- Alejandro de la Fuente * author of A Nation for All: Race, Inequality, and Politics in Twentieth-Century *
"This extremely insightful book addresses a major paradox in Cuban society. Fernandez's ethnography and sophisticated analysis dives deep into the contradictory meanings of interracial romance, providing much-needed sociocultural analysis." -- Faye Harrison * author of Outsider Within: Reworking Anthropology in the Global Age *
"Because of its accessible style and the succinct background chapters on Cuban racial history and the topic of romantic love, the book is a fine resource for introductory courses on race in Latin America and the Caribbean."
* New West Indian Guide *
Table of ContentsInterracial couples from colony to revolution
Socialist equality and the color-blind revolution
Mapping interracial couples: race and space in Havana
The everyday presence of race
Blackness, Whiteness, class, and the emergent economy
Interracial couples and racism at home
