Synopses & Reviews
In this moving and personal account of the forty-three-year-old divide between Cuba and its exile population in the United States, Román de la Campa questions both sides of a family feud that is acutely reflective of its own experience. Taking the three migration waves of Cubans to the United States as a historical background to his own story, the author details the continuing rift between Havana and Miami and the shaping, in the light of globalization and post-socialism, of a Cuban national split which has obvious consequences for both countries.
Synopsis
Cuba on my Mind examines the dual Cuban capitals of Havana and Miami to offer an insight on the two Cubas: their obsessive attempts to deny the other, their uses of migration as a political card, and their nationalistic passions.
About the Author
Román de la Campa chairs the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature at the State University of New York. His books include Latin Americanism and Late Imperial Culture.