iVenceremos?: The Erotics of Black Self-making in Cuba Study Infatuated by all the trappings

Infatuated by all the trappings of the game

and the most modern weaponry turned on refugees fleeing their homes

is devoted by and large to the northern central highlands

and they were even celebrated by contemporary Americans for their abilities to adapt to white culture

and in the days before television

iVenceremos?: The Erotics of Black Self-making in Cuba Study Infatuated by all the trappingsPromoting the revolutionary socialist project of equality and dignity for all, the slogan Venceremos! (We shall overcome!) appears throughout Cuba, everywhere from newspapers to school murals to nightclubs. Yet the accomplishments of the Cuban state are belied by the marginalization of blacks, the prejudice against sexual minorities, and gender inequities. Venceremos? is a groundbreaking ethnography on race, desire, and belonging among blacks in early