Articles

The articles cited are peer reviewed, and discuss social and political issues within the Cuban American community. The articles are a good supplement to the list of books provided.

Aguirre, B., Sáenz, R., & James, B. (1997, June). Marielitos Ten Years Later: The Scarface Legacy. Social Science Quarterly (University of Texas Press), 78(2), 487-507. Retrieved May 4, 2009, from Academic Search Premier database.

• This article presents a brief history of the Cuban mass migration in spring 1980. It describes the moral epidemic directed against the Cubans and the specific programs and procedures that facilitated their institutionalization in the United States. Further, identification with the Mariel boat lift has important effects on the other predictors of institutionalization Included in the analysis. The nationwide moral epidemic created important liabilities.

Alberts, H. (2005, April). CHANGES IN ETHNIC SOLIDARITY IN CUBAN MIAMI. Geographical Review, 95(2), 231-248. Retrieved May 4, 2009, from Academic Search Premier database.

•This study argues that the contradiction can be resolved when ethnic solidarity is seen as encompassing various components and when changes in cohesiveness in response to external and internal influences on the ethnic community are taken into account. These influences include the context of reception in the United States and the relationship between established Cubans and more recent immigrants. We need to refine our understanding of what constitutes ethnic solidarity, how it changes over time, and what role it plays, both within the community in general and within the ethnic-enclave economy in particular.

Croucher, S. (1996, April). The Success of the Cuban Success Story: Ethnicity, Power, and Politics. Identities, 2(4), 351. Retrieved May 4, 2009, from Academic Search Premier database.

• Examines the convergence of various forces that constructed the public image of Cuban Americans in the U.S. as a politically united, socially homogenous and economically successful ethnic group. Characteristics of claims that comprise the Cuban success story; Processes that determine which images gain prominence in the public mind; Way in which politicians, the media and the civic elite construct images of reality.

Grenier, G. (2006, Winter/Spring2006). The Creation and Maintenance of the Cuban American Exile Ideology: Evidence from the FIU Cuba Poll 2004. Journal of American Ethnic History, 25(2/3), 210-224. Retrieved May 4, 2009, from Religion and Philosophy Collection database.

• The article explores the issue of political diversity within the Cuban-American population of Miami-Dade County by analyzing the attitudes of different cohorts of Cuban immigrants on selected policies. The embargo policy maintained by the U.S. government against the Cubans is discussed. It also describes the political circumstances which formed the Cuban-American community.

Haney, P., & Vanderbush, W. (1999, June). The role of ethnic interest groups in U.S. foreign policy: The case of the CubanAmerican...International Studies Quarterly, 43(2), 341. Retrieved May 4, 2009, from Academic Search Premier database.

• Focuses on the case of the Cuban American National Foundation and the role of the ethnic interest group in influencing the foreign policy or international relations of the United States. Formation of ethnic political interest group; Profiles and background of the CANF; Policy activities and relationships of the CANF.

Rothe, E.M (2008). The New Face of Cubans in the United States: Cultural Process and Generational Change in an Exile Community. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 6(2), 247 -266. Retrieved May 1, 2009, from Academic Search Premier database.

•This paper reviews the most relevant changes that have occurred during the past four decades in the Cuban community of South Florida, where Cubans formed their "ethnic enclave" in the U.S. Recent studies reveal that Cubans in South Florida are a very heterogeneous group.

Reiff, D. (1995, July). From Exiles to Immigrants. Foreign Affairs, 74(4), 76-89. Retrieved May 1, 2009, from Academic Search Premier database.

• Focuses on the attitude of the Cuban refugees in south Florida towards the United States government. Arrival of the refugees in Florida in 1959 when General Fidel Castro came into power; Refugees' belief in the US' commitment in overthrowing Castro's regime; Difference in the perceptions of the government and general public regarding the status of the Cubans in Florida; Persistence of Cuban group cohesion.