Elizabeth Schwall is a historian of Latin America and the Caribbean, and her research focuses on the physical movements that animated everyday politics and social relations in the 20th century. Her current book examines how Cuban dancers engaged with the state and revolutionary politics from 1930 to 1990. Her broader research interests include political performances in Brazil during the Cold War, and the histories of Cuban migration and community-building through dance. Her teaching interests include the histories of race, gender and sexuality, popular culture, and migration in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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