Participant Info
- First Name
- Christina
- Last Name
- Abreu
- Country
- United States
- State
- IL Illinois
- cabreu@niu.edu
- Affiliation
- Northern Illinois University
- Website URL
- Keywords
- Cuba, Latinxs, migration, race, ethnicity, music, sports, popular culture
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
- Recent Publications
Rhythms of Race: Cuban Musicians and the Making of Latino New York City and Miami, 1940-1960 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2015).
“Huber Matos and Cuba Independiente y Democrática (CID): Exile Leadership beyond Cuban Miami’s Geo-Political Borders.” Journal of Historical Biography 15 (Spring 2014): 34-71.
“The Story of Benny ‘Kid’ Paret: Cuban Boxers, the Cuban Revolution, and the U.S. Media, 1959-1962.” Journal of Sport History 38, no. 1 (Spring 2011): 401-419.
Translated into Portuguese and published in Recorde: Revista de História do Esporte 8, no. 2 (December 2015): 1-26.
“Celebrity, ‘Crossover,’ and Cubanidad: Celia Cruz as ‘La Reina de Salsa,’ 1971-2003.” Latin American Music Review 28, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 2007): 94-124.
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- @ChristinaDAbreu
- Country Focus
- Cuba, United States
- Expertise by Geography
- Caribbean, United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- 20th century
- Expertise by Topic
- Migration & Immigration, Race, Sports
