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Ethnicity and the politics of symbolism in Miami's Cuban community
Cuban Studies/Estudios Cubanos • 20 • Published In 1990 • Pages: 11-28
By: Stack, John F., Warren, Christopher L..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper argues that the importance of symbolic politics in Miami's Cuban community is challenged by the transformation of Cuban exiles into Cuban ethnics who must balance the use of symbolic politics with the practical necessity of compromise imposed by American politics at the local and national levels. The mixture of symbolic and substantative politics show clearly the heightened tension between the residual legacies of the exile experience and the emergence of ethnic politics (p. 11).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Cities
- Political behavior
- Pressure politics
- Political parties
- Elections
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Cuban Americans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Unknown
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1997
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1970-1990s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Miami metropolitan area, Dade County, Florida, U..S.A.
- NotesAdditional notes
- John F. Stack and Christopher L. Warren
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75649635
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cuban Americans