Date of Award
May 2019
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
African American Studies
Advisor(s)
Herbert Ruffin II
Keywords
Afro-Cuban, Albuquerque, Black, Cubans, Immigration, Resettlement
Subject Categories
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Abstract
Using oral history interviews, this study collects and analyzes the narratives of fourteen Black Cuban migrants, residents of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Participants migrated to Albuquerque between 1994 and 2013, and either self-identify or were identified by others, as negro(a) or Afro-descendant. This study rejects notions of assimilation and focuses on the resettlement process and life experience of participants. This thesis uses many words used by participants to describe themselves and their experiences. The study investigates their resettlement process, paying close attention to how they navigate the notions of race and ethnicity in Albuquerque. This research identifies community and language as primary themes in the resettlement process of Black Cuban migrants, and analyzes these themes in depth.
Access
Open Access
Recommended Citation
Rodriguez Candeaux, Suyent, "RESILIENCE TO SPARE: THE RESETTLEMENT PROCESS OF BLACK CUBAN MIGRANTS IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO" (2019). Theses - ALL. 314.
https://surface.syr.edu/thesis/314
