ISBN:
9780520282971
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9780520958838 (Sekundärausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
291 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9780520958838
Edition:
[Online-Ausg.]
DDC:
305.40972910905
Keywords:
Online-Publikation
Abstract:
From Cuba with Love deals with love, sexuality, and politics in contemporary Cuba. In this beautiful narrative, Megan Daigle explores the role of women in Cuban political culture by examining the rise of economies of sex, romance, and money since the early 1990s. Daigle draws attention to the violence experienced by young women suspected of involvement with foreigners at the hands of a moralistic state, an opportunistic police force, and even their own families and partners.Investigating the lived realities of the Cuban women (and some men) who date tourists and offering a unique perspective o...
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Online-Ausg.:
