From Sugar to Revolution: Women’s Visions of Haiti, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic

Contents

Preface The Stories We Cannot Tell ix Introduction¿Y donde esta tu abuela?: On the Respective Racial (Mis)Identifications of Haiti, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic in the Context of Latin America and the Caribbean 1 PART I SUGAR: Haiti Facing the Mountains: Dominican Suppression and the Haitian Imaginary in the Works of Julia Alvarez and Edwidge Danticat 53 Recovering History “Bone by Bone”: A Conversation with Edwidge Danticat 109 PART II SOVEREIGNTY: Cuba Travesía: Crossings of Sovereignty, Sexuality, and Race in the Cuban Female Imaginaries of Zoé Valdés, Nancy Moréjon, and María Magdalena Campos-Pons 133 Recovering Origins: A Conversation with María Magdalena Campos-Pons 205 vii CONTENTS PART III REVOLUTION: The Dominican Republic Subversive Sexualities: Marilyn Bobes, Achy Obejas, and Loida Maritza Pérez on Revolutionizing Gendered Identities Against Cuban and Dominican Landscapes 227 The Heart of Home: A Conversation with Loida Maritza Pérez 271 Conclusion Non progredi regredi est: The Making of Transformative Visions 295 Acknowledgements 303 Notes 307 Works Cited 331 Index 345 viii CONTENTS ...