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Machos Maricones & Gays

Cuba and Homosexuality

Ian Lumsden author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Temple University Press,U.S.

Published:29th Jan '96

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Presents an account of gays in Cuba. This book links the treatment of male homosexuality under Castro with prejudices and preconceptions prevalent in Cuban society before the Revolution. It locates the issues surrounding homosexual identity within the broad context of Cuban culture, history, and social policy.A historically based, first-hand report of contemporary homosexuality in Cuban society and culture

"[This book] is sure to upset both sides of the Cuban Question, which speaks well for the author's thoroughness and his open-mindedness...adding to [its] value as a resource on gay Cuban life is a comprehensive bibliography, an essay on santeria by Tomas Fernandez Robaina, and the 'Manifesto of Gay and Lesbian Association of Cuba.'" --Lambda Book Report

ISBN: 9781566393713

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Weight: unknown

304 pages