The Cuban American Community in Miami: The Politics of Exile and Migration
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Authors
Guevara, Marcelo
Issue Date
1993
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Thesis
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en_US
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Abstract
There is a fundamental dilemma that has confronted Cuban
Americans in Miami and elsewhere because of their unique situation. This
situation can be described as either an exile or a migration. The exile
description denotes a dissatisfaction with the current state of affairs, a feeling
which certainly applies to most Cuban Americans in Miami as they think,
with sadness and anger, about how much suffering they believe Castro has
subjected on them and the Cubans who remained behind. The migration, on
the other hand, denotes a sense of accomplishment in the creation of a new
society in Miami, as Cubans settled into the South Florida soil and developed
a hybrid Cuban-American culture which, despite many difficulties, has
succeeded beyond most expectations.
These two concepts of what it is to be a Cuban American in Miami are
often hard to distinguish, because the underlying motives and desires of
those who consider themselves exiles and those who are migrants are usually
very similar, if not the same. In examination of the historical background
behind the formation of the Cuban American community, its economic &
political development, and its contemporary identification with political
events of local, national and international significance, the dichotomy
between the permanent nature of settlement and the yearnings for changes
which might disrupt this settlement and the yearnings for changes which might disrupt this settlement make the community a fascinating object
of study.
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iii, 49 p.
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