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The End of the Myth of the Cuban Exile? Current Trends in Cuban Emigration
The End of the Myth of the Cuban Exile? Current Trends in Cuban Emigration

Author(s): Katarzyna Dembicz
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Migration Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Cuba; exile; Cuban diaspora; myth; Roland Barthes

Summary/Abstract: Cuban migrants are considered as and referred to as exiles. However, in the face of the economic transformations in Cuba, as well as the rapprochement between the U.S. and Cuba, it has become necessary to revise the epistemological and semiotic foundations of this phenomenon. The current migratory trends among the Cubans do not meet the definition of exiles. Thus, the title of this article reflects the research assumption and the principal aim that the current circumstances in Cuba, as well as the migratory flows of Cubans mark the decline of the myth of the Cuban exile; a myth built by the media.

  • Issue Year: 25/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 75-88
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English