Cachita's Streets: The Virgin of Charity, Race, and Revolution in Cuba

Author/Contributor(s):	Schmidt, Jalane D
Publisher:	Duke University Press
Date:	08/28/2015
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Jalane D. Schmidt shows how the Virgin of Charity of El Cobre, discovered in 1612 and known as Cachita, is a potent and contested symbol of Cuban national identity. She analyzes the five times over the last eighty years Cachita has been celebrated in Cuba's urban streets.