Religion was strong in Ariosa. There was a church nearby, but I never went because I knew the priests were the real supporters of the inquisition in Cuba; I say this because the priests were known to do certain things. They were devils with women. They turned the sacristy into a brothel. Anyone who has lived in Ariosa knows the stories, they even got to the barracoons. I know quite a few, and some things I saw myself
Montejo, Esteban, (1968). The Autobiography of a Runway Slave. New York: Random House
Montejo, Esteban, (1968). The Autobiography of a Runway Slave. New York: Random House
Oh que sera. Buarque & Nascimento 1974
Beautiful
Why was the west so fascinated by the disintegration of Communism in Western Europe? The answer seems obvious: what fascinated the western gaze was the reinvention of Democracy. It is as if democracy, which in the west shows more and more signs of decay and crisis and is lost in bureaucratic routine and publicity-style election campaigns, is being rediscovered in Eastern Europe in all its freshness and novelty. The function of this fascination is thus merely ideological: in Eastern Europe, the west seeks for its own lost original experience of “democratic inventions”
Zikek, Slavoj, (1993). Tarrying with the Negative: Kant, Hegel and the Critique of Ideology. Durham: Duke University Press
Zikek, Slavoj, (1993). Tarrying with the Negative: Kant, Hegel and the Critique of Ideology. Durham: Duke University Press
Politically Queer:: CONFERENCE DETAILS 
Join the New School for Social Research’s department of Politics for our annual graduate student conference.
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POLITICALLY QUEER: Social In(queer)y and the University
May 1st, 2010
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65 W. 11th Street, 5th Floor
10 a.m.- 6 p.m.
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