Political Generations
Pedraza
Silvia Pedraza.
The Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues will present “Cuba and Its Exile: Political Generations,” a lecture by sociologist and author Silvia Pedraza that explores the evolution of the Cuban revolution and exile, on Thursday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. in the Stern Center Great Room.
After Fidel Castro and the Cuban rebel army overthrew Fulgencio Batista’s regime in 1959, four political generations—defined by Pedraza as groups of young people who experienced dramatic historical events during their transition from adolescence to adulthood—fled Cuba over the course of the next 40 years. In her talk, Pedraza will investigate these political generations that were shaped by the Cuban revolution and the exodus to places beyond the island, including Miami.
Pedraza is a professor of sociology and American culture at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on the sociological aspects of Cuba’s revolution and resulting exodus. She has served as chair of several sections of the American Sociological Association, including International Migration, Latinos in the United States, and Racial and Ethnic Minorities. In the Social Science History Association, she was a member of the President’s Book Award Committee, the Program Committee, and the Executive Committee.
Pedraza is the author of three books, including Political Disaffection in Cuba’s Revolution and Exodus, and several articles, including “Assimilation or Transnationalism: Conceptual Models of the Immigrant Experience” and “Women and Migration: the Social Consequences of Gender.”
This event is sponsored by the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues and co-sponsored by the Department of Latin America, Latino & Caribbean studies. For more information, visit www.clarkeforum.org or call 717-245-1875.
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Published December 1, 2015