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

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

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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.