Ellis, Keith, 39, 41

Epps, Brad, 108, 116, 119–121, 131, 151, 173n48

Estévez, Abilio, 87, 165n23

Esterrich, Carmelo, 112, 126, 169n40

exile, 3, 78–79, 88–90, 98, 100, 133, 155, 165n22, 166nn26–27

Fanon, Frantz, 12, 20–23, 27, 30, 44, 46, 72, 102, 157, 160n5

Feijoó, Samuel, 7–8

Fernández Retamar, Roberto, 1–2, 8, 16, 23–25, 32–33, 35, 37, 49–51, 138, 157

First World, 58

Foucault, Michel, 117, 120

gender, 1, 53, 58, 111, 113, 125, 138, 140–141, 144, 146

Giesbert, F. O., 83, 97, 99

Grinberg, Leon and Rebecca, 91

Guevara, Che, 154, 157, 173n47, 173n49

Gutiérrez, José Ismael, 69, 82, 84

Hall, Stuart, 6, 21–22, 27–30, 47

Harlow, Barbara, 92, 94

Hasson, Lilliane, 73, 75, 85

Hawley, John, 137, 169n41

homosexual, 1–2, 7–9, 28, 58, 78–79, 83–87, 91–92, 94, 105, 111, 115–116, 119–122, 124–132, 134–137, 142–143, 145–147, 150–151, 153, 155–158, 169nn39–40, 170n42, 171n43, 173n47

homosexuality, 7, 9, 83, 103–104, 112, 115–116, 119–120, 125, 130–131, 142, 144, 150, 153, 158, 165n24, 166n30, 167n31, 170n42

identity, 4–7, 9, 16, 21–25, 28–30, 32, 48–49, 55, 57, 66, 72, 78–79, 81–82, 84, 87, 89–91, 94, 100–101, 104–105, 117, 131–132, 135, 138–139, 141, 144, 150–151, 159n1, 166n27, 171n44

image identification, 17, 21–22, 27, 29, 50, 171n43

imaginative rediscovery, 6

imaginary reunification, 6–7

imperialism, 6, 12, 17, 20, 27–29, 33, 38, 60, 108, 160n4, 170n42

inferiority complex, 21, 148

interpolation, 6, 31, 118

Knapp, Bettina, 88

“La represión (intelectual) en Cuba,”, 100, 172n47

Lacan, Jacques, 167n32, 168n34

Lamming, George, 3, 15, 17, 26, 46–47, 69, 89–90, 96–97

language,, 2–4, 8, 21, 23–24, 26, 33, 40, 46–47, 51, 82, 98, 117–118, 156–157, 163n16, 167n32, 168n34

Latin America, 29, 31–33, 35, 40–42, 110–111, 161n6

Latin American Boom, 65