This book uses an intersectional approach to analyze the impact of the experience of race
on Afro-Brazilian political behavior in the cities of Salvador, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro …

In Negro Soy Yo Marc D. Perry explores Cuba's hip hop movement as a window into the
racial complexities of the island's ongoing transition from revolutionary socialism toward free …

El de la mujer es mucho más fuerte y más difícil de poder combatir. No siempre se le exige
al hombre el ser bello.... Entonces, la mujer por ejemplo, arrastra todo ese sentido de la …

This essay puts forward a notion of “raunch aesthetics,” theorizing raunch as an aesthetic,
performative, and vernacular practice: an explicit mode of sexual expression that …

The 'Special Period'in Cuba was an extended era of economic depression starting in the
early 1990s, characterized by the collapse of revolutionary values and social norms, and a …

While research on Cuba may present a story of increasing tolerance for LGBT people, this
article's gendered analysis highlights the fractured nature of the 'community', revealing …

A study of the symbols employed by the Cuban underground hip-hop movement based on
ethnographic data gathered in Havana from 1998 to 2006 situates the movement as one of a …

El presente trabajo realiza una primera cartografía del rap feminista latinoamericano desde
los estudios culturales y los estudios de género. Pretende visibilizar y analizar el potencial …

While many Cubans of all racialized identities often insist that there is no race or racism in
Cuba, they still experience ongoing forms of prejudice and discrimination. This article …

The Cuban revolutionary state is known for its successes in giving women greater financial
independence and more control over their reproductive capabilities. In recent years, the …