Sexual Revolutions in Cuba

“Hamilton makes a wonderful contribution to the social science of the Caribbean and Cuba. With attention to sexuality, gender, race, and class, she clarifies what is romantic about socioeconomic and political change and explores the meaning of such passion across sexualities and political agendas. This book brings much to the table and will be valuable for all who are interested in Cuba, sexuality studies, and the Caribbean.” — A. Lynn Bolles, University of Maryland

“This book is a superb contribution to our understanding of sexuality in Cuba since 1959, a topic which is, regrettably, usually oversimplified and subject to misleading generalizations. Instead, Carrie Hamilton gives us here a study whose scope and ambition are matched by the subtlety with which she approaches the whole question, enabling her subjects to express revealingly all the complexities characterizing life in modern Cuba and, more importantly, the question of sexuality and revolution, thereby also enabling us to get inside the contradictions and nuances of the topic. It is oral history as it should be done, and we are all the wiser as a result.” — Antoni Kapcia, University of Nottingham

“Based on a precious trove of oral histories, this book offers the first comprehensive study of the history of sexuality in post-revolutionary Cuba. A much welcome addition to the scholarship on the Cuban revolution and to studies of gender and sexuality in Latin America.” — Alejandro de la Fuente, University of Pittsburgh

“Hamilton has made an interesting contribution to this field, . . . providing a valuable history of sexuality on the Caribbean island since 1959.” — Latin American Review of Books

“'Carrie Hamilton has written perhaps the most ground-breaking study of sexuality in Revolutionary Cuba. Many of its chapters should be required reading for anyone studying not just Cuba, but also the politics of sexuality in developing countries. This is a path-breaking book. It offers wonderful tips on how to combine oral histories with archival knowledge. It uses socio-anthropological evidence to document sexual and gender behaviours that both conform and defy existing theories.” — Javier Corrales, in the European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies/Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe

“Hamilton delivers an incisive history of sexuality in Cuba.” — Concordia University Magazine

“Ambitious.” — Women’s Review of Books

“A welcome and important contribution to the fields of Caribbean studies and sexuality studies.” — Signs

“A well-researched, well written and highly readable addition to the field of contemporary Cuban studies.” — Bulletin of Spanish Studies

“While grounded in primary and secondary written sources, the richness of her approach lies in oral history.” — New West Indian Guide