UPDATE: The Works of Gustavo Pérez Firmat (5/1/06; ICCS, 11/2/06-11/5/06)
Call for Panelists: The Works of Gustavo Pérez Firmat; Extended Deadline: 5/1/06; 11/2/06-11/5/06
International Conference on Caribbean Studies, November 2-5, 2006,
University of Texas-Pan American. Website:
(http://www.panam.edu/dept/modlang/caribe1.htm)
Keynote Speaker: Gustavo Pérez Firmat
In his book, On Becoming Cuban: Identity, Nationality, & Culture
(1999), Louis Pérez Jr. has noted that Cuban- and subsequently,
Cuban-American- identity is "almost always in flux," and that it is, "as it were, a
work in progress." As the relationship between Cuba and the United