ABSTRACT
This chapter provides some points of comparison and contrast between artists of the same national origin and between those of Dominican and Cuban origin with regard to citizenship issues. In terms of the effects of the surge in out-migration, return trips, and foreign visitors, works representative of both countries portray the tensions and difficulties of all parties involved in migration processes, including movers and stayees. The geographies of inequality that resulted in migration are not broken down, despite Dominicans and Cubans residing in European and US destinations and their ability to engage in return travel. Foreigners continue to be portrayed as insensitive and as contributing to a sense of unbelonging or illegitimacy among local writers and artists. On one hand, Dominican and Cuban literature and film produced since the turn of the century suggest that for North Americans and Europeans, there can be no neutral travel, leisure experience, or expatriate lifestyle in the developing world.
