So far from Miami: Afro-Cuban Encounters with Mexicans in the US Southwest

Latino Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 176-194

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

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

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

blackness; Cubans; ethnicity; immigration; race

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956317213     PISSN: 14763435     EISSN: 14763443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/lst.2010.19     Document Type: Article

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