Oye Loca: From the Mariel Boatlift to Gay Cuban Miami

by Susana Peña and Alex Brown

Book Overview

During only a few months in 1980, 125,000 Cubans entered the United States as part of a massive migration known as the Mariel boatlift. The images of boats of all sizes, in various conditions, filled with Cubans of all colors and ages, triggered a media storm. Fleeing Cuba's repressive government, many homosexual men and women arrived in the United States only to face further obstacles. Deemed "undesirables" by the U.S. media, the Cuban state,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816665540
• ISBN13: 9780816665549
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"