"The Cultural Politics of Identity and the Cuban Revolution"

• Event Date: Thursday, November 13, 2008
• Time: 4:00 pm (CST)
• Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
• Cost: Free Admission

• Talk

Center for Advanced Study
CAS/MillerComm Lecture Series
"The Cultural Politics of Identity and the Cuban Revolution"

Louis A. Pérez, Jr.
J. Carlyle Sitterson Professor of History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Dr. Pérez will provide an overview of the interaction, or "special relations," between Cubans and North Americans spanning the late nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century. This relationship will be seen from both the perspective of how North Americans came to know Cubans, and vice versa, how Cubans have come to know and represent North Americans. The emphasis is on popular culture and consumption, advancing the argument that these were conditions central to the climate that greeted the triumph of the revolution in 1959.

Museum visitors are reminded that outside food and drinks are not allowed in the Museum. Backpacks and other large items brought to the Museum will have to be stored; there is limited locker storage space available for these items.