Nineteenth-century Havana on any given January 6 could push you back to the future.
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Two-Spirits
All gender studies must include the Native American "mediator," which challenges gender itself.
Discovering home
Often overlooked, Cuba's Lydia Cabrera remains a key figure in the history of anthropology.
Postcard from “paradise”
Author Jamaica Kincaid's 1988 definition of the nature of tourism vitally revised staid definitions.
A different light
Chicago-born Chicana writer Ana Castillo helps sharpen the all-too-facile "citizen of the world" label.
The forgotten ones
Cuban author Daína Chaviano advances the cause of the island's little-discussed heritage.
On being participantly observed
Questions can matter as much or more than answers, something Sherman Alexie understands.