Description:
Paula Davis Hoffman studies the cultural precepts and political aims underlying the construction of Cuban femininity in various pop culture outlets produced by, for, and about Cuban Americans in different decades of the Cuban diaspora.
Review Quotes:
"From Joan Didion to Desi Arnaz, many cultural workers have tried to make sense of the complexities of Cuban American identity, especially in Miami. Paula Davis Hoffman's highly readable Making the Miami Cubanita is a particularly deft examination of this community, its contradictions, and its meanings. This fabulous book takes readers on quite a ride!"--Jason Ruiz, author of Narcomedia: Latinidad, Popular Culture, and America's War on Drugs