The End of the Myth of the Cuban Exile? Current Trends in Cuban Emigration

• Authors: Katarzyna Dembicz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Cuban migrants are considered as and referred to as exiles. However, in the face of the economic transformations in Cuba, as well as the rapprochement between the U.S. and Cuba, it has become necessary to revise the epistemological and semiotic foundations of this phenomenon. The current migratory trends among the Cubans do not meet the definition of exiles. Thus, the title of this article reflects the research assumption and the principal aim that the current circumstances in Cuba, as well as the migratory flows of Cubans mark the decline of the myth of the Cuban exile; a myth built by the media.

Keywords

EN

Cuba; exile; Cuban diaspora; myth; Roland Barthes

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: International Studies. Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 75-88

Dates

published

2020-06-30

Contributors

author

Katarzyna Dembicz

• University of Warsaw, American Studies Center

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8023-088X

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18778/1641-4233.25.05