Cubans and their stuff are often in motion. As the book's premise this both makes intuitive sense and points to surprising circuits of trade and exchange. The author traces the circulation of, among other things, human remains, antiques, valuables pawned and borrowed, and digital objects. Through a series of ethnographic episodes drawn from the author's fieldwork in Havana and Miami, Cubans on either side of the Florida Strait who mobilize personal and commercial networks in order to confound bureaucratic and political roadblocks emerge with clarity. Many were born post-1959 and are navigating a world not of their making. The privilege and wealth of prior generations of Cuban migrants has not necessarily been transferred in their direction. They use what they have (kinship ties, knowledge, mobility) and find ways not only to create income but also, Jennifer Cearns argues, to generate and sustain their sense of cubanidad. Cearns presents contradictions...

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