ABSTRACT

This paper will focus on the ways in which conceptualizations of race are (re)produced through Cuban genealogical narratives in Western Cuba. Ethnographic interviews collected among eleven Cubans in Havana were collected during summer 2017 and are described here. My ethnographic data argue that despite Cuba’s colourblind racial democracy – where race “does not matter” because all races are “treated equally” – the familial narratives of ancestry actively reinforce the complex racial landscape and illustrates the superiority of whiteness that belie this ideal. These same family narratives ultimately highlight the various ways interlocutors negotiate racial self-identities and narrate family ancestry across lingering gendered and racial hierarchies.

摘要

本文将集中讨论通过古巴西部的古巴族谱叙述来（重新）产生种族概念的方式。2017年夏季收集了在哈瓦那的11名古巴人中收集的人种学访谈，并在此处进行介绍。我的人种学数据认为，尽管古巴存在色盲的种族民主制-种族“无关紧要”，因为所有种族都得到“平等对待”，但祖先的家族叙事却积极地强化了复杂的种族格局，并说明了白净主义的优越性，而这种优越感掩盖了这一理想。这些相同的家庭叙事最终突显了对话者通过各种方式协商种族自我认同并讲述了缠绵的性别和种族等级制中的家庭血统。