Cuba No; Miami Sí

Cuban Americans Coping with Ambiguous Loss

Bibliographic Data

ID2168657
AuthorsRose M Pérez
Year2015
Volume25
Issue1
Pages50-66
Publication date2015-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1091-1359 • E-ISSN: 1540-3556
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10911359.2014.953433
OpenAlexW2077666523
LanguageSW
Citations received6
References cited32

This study explores the lifelong loss that Cuban émigrés experienced after leaving Cuba following the 1959 revolution. Many left thinking they would remain in exile for a brief period, but a return no longer seems possible. Nevertheless, their attachment to the lost homeland persists. The annual Cuba Nostalgia event at the Miami Expo Center attests to this enduring sense of attachment. Employing a phenomenological framework, we interviewed 10 older attendees who left Cuba between 1959 and 1979. Themes that emerged from the interviews are consistent with ambiguous loss theory and also reveal positive coping skills and resilience

Coping (psychology · Homeland · Miami · Phenomenology (philosophy · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Cuban History and Society · Homelessness and Social Issues · Nostalgia and Consumer Behavior · Psychology · Gender Studies

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