When we think about the origins of Cuban immigration to the United
States, we often imagine the anti-Communist exiles who fled the
regime of Fidel Castro and settled in South Florida during the
1950s and 1960s. But before Miami became Havana USA, a wave of
leftist, working-class migrants from prerevolutionary Cuba crossed
the Florida Straits and made Ybor City the center of the immigrant
South and the global capital of the Cuban cigar industry. Located
on the eastern edge of Tampa, a port city along Florida's Gulf
Coast, Ybor was a multiracial, multiethnic neighborhood where
radical thinkers and laborers found work and refuge against the
shifting tides of international political turmoil during the early
half of the twentieth century. In Ybor City: Crucible of the Latina
South, Sarah McNamara tells the story of how immigrant women
ensured and fought for community survival across generations and
against the backdrop of a post-Confederate, Jim Crow-controlled
southern order. Together these women organized strikes, marched
against fascism, and criticized American foreign policy. While many
maintained their dedication to progressive ideals for years to
come, supporting Castro and raising funds for the revolution, many
American-born Latinas disavowed leftist politics amid the Red Scare
and the wrecking ball of urban renewal. This searing portrait of
the political shifts that defined Ybor City highlights the
underexplored role of women's leadership within movements for
social and economic justice while vividly illustrating how racial
identity is made.
General
| Imprint: |
The University of North Carolina Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Justice, Power and Politics |
| Release date: |
June 2023 |
| Authors: |
Sarah McNamara
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| Dimensions: |
235 x 155mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
266 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4696-6816-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-4696-6816-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781469668161 |
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