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    1. A Revolution in the Binary? Gender and the Oxymoron of Revolutionary War in Cuba and Nicaragua

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    De Volo,Lorraine Bayard (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Winter2012
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Signs: Journal of Women in Culture & Society
    Journal Title Details:
    37(2) : 413-439
    Notes:
    An essay on the gendered aspects of war and revolution in Cuba and Nicaragua. According to the author, militarized violence in these states was hierarchical and ultimately created alternative privileged masculinities despite revolutionary movements' ideological commitments to equality. Details related to racial and gender binaries are also presented.

    2. Constructing Afro-Cuban Womanhood: Race, Gender, and Citizenship in Republican-Era Cuba, 1902--1958

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Brunson,Takkara Keosha (Author)
    Format:
    Dissertation/Thesis
    Publication Date:
    2011
    Published:
    Texas: The University of Texas at Austin
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
    Notes:
    344 p., Explores continuities and transformations in the construction of Afro-Cuban womanhood in Cuba between 1902 and 1958. A dynamic and evolving process, the construction of Afro-Cuban womanhood encompassed the formal and informal practices that multiple individuals--from lawmakers and professionals to intellectuals and activists to workers and their families--established and challenged through public debates and personal interactions in order to negotiate evolving systems of power. The dissertation argues that Afro-Cuban women were integral to the formation of a modern Cuban identity. Studies of pre-revolutionary Cuba dichotomize race and gender in their analyses of citizenship and national identity formation. As such, they devote insufficient attention to the role of Afro-Cuban women in engendering social transformations.