Miguel A. De La Torre 
La Lucha for Cuba [PDF ebook] 
Religion and Politics on the Streets of Miami

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For many in Miami’s Cuban exile community, hating Fidel Castro is as natural as loving one’s children. This hatred, Miguel De La Torre suggests, has in fact taken on religious significance. In
La Lucha for Cuba, De La Torre shows how Exilic Cubans, a once marginalized group, have risen to power and privilege—distinguishing themselves from other Hispanic communities in the United States—and how religion has figured in their ascension. Through the lens of religion and culture, his work also unmasks and explores intra-Hispanic structures of oppression operating among Cubans in Miami.
Miami Cubans use a religious expression,
la lucha, or ‘the struggle, ‘ to justify the power and privilege they have achieved. Within the context of
la lucha, De La Torre explores the religious dichotomy created between the ‘children of light’ (Exilic Cubans) and the ‘children of darkness’ (Resident Cubans). Examining the recent saga of the Elián González custody battle, he shows how the cultural construction of
la lucha has become a distinctly Miami-style spirituality that makes
el exilio (exile) the basis for religious reflection, understanding, and practice—and that conflates political mobilization with spiritual meaning in an ongoing confrontation with evil.

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Table of Content

List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
Preface
1. An Ajiaco Christianity
2. La Lucha: The Religion of Miami
3. Psalm 137: Constructing Cuban Identity while in Babylon
4. Machismo: Creating Structures of Oppression
5. The End of the Elián Saga: The Continuation of La Lucha
Notes
References
Index

About the author

Miguel A. De La Torre is Assistant Professor of Religion at Hope College. He is the author of The Quest for the Cuban Christ: A Historical Search (2002), Reading the Bible from the Margins (2002), and, with Edwin Aponte, Introducing Latino/a Theologies (2001).

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 200 ● ISBN 9780520930100 ● File size 1.7 MB ● Publisher University of California Press ● Published 2003 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4995242 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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