YCISS Afternoon Seminar Series: Megan Daigle
Oct 23, 2012, 1pm-2:30pm
The upcoming talk, Conduct Unbecoming: Bodily Resistance, the Ethics of the Self, and Sexual-Affective Economies in Post-Soviet Cuba, will take place Oct. 23. Since the economic crisis of the 1990s in Cuba, pursuing relationships with foreigners has emerged as a viable means of accessing hard currency, consumer goods, travel and emigration – of gaining admittance to a perceived better life. This practice is part of a broader set of black- and grey-market activities known locally as "jineterismo". The state has responded controversially, categorising these people as "prostitutes" and enacting a program of mass arrests and "rehabilitation" centres, creating an atmosphere of fear with severe implications for political subjectivity and sexuality in Cuba today.
| Location: | 764 York Research Tower |
| Sponsor: | YCISS, CERLAC |
| Posted by: | Chris Hendershot |
| Web Site | http://yciss.info.yorku.ca/files/2012/10/Cuba.pdf |
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