Black and hispanic: The racial identification of Afro-Cuban immigrants in the southwest

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 343-366

  Newby, C Alison ^a   Dowling, Julie A ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Blackness; Cubans; Immigration; Latinos; Racial ethnic identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548652966     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: 15338673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2007.50.3.343     Document Type: Article

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