Book contents
- Governing the Terrain Called Beauty
- Governing the Terrain Called Beauty
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures and Table
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Author’s Note and Dedication
- About the Cover
- Introduction
- Part IA Queer, Comparative Genealogy
- 1Expulsion of the Homosexual Figment
- 2A Tentative Embrace
- Part IIThen Comes Marriage
- Part IIILegal Consciousness
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - A Tentative Embrace
1970s–1990s
from Part I - A Queer, Comparative Genealogy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 July 2026
Book contents
- Governing the Terrain Called Beauty
- Governing the Terrain Called Beauty
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures and Table
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Author’s Note and Dedication
- About the Cover
- Introduction
- Part IA Queer, Comparative Genealogy
- 1Expulsion of the Homosexual Figment
- 2A Tentative Embrace
- Part IIThen Comes Marriage
- Part IIILegal Consciousness
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 2 reconstitutes Cuban and US history with sexuality at the center beginning in 1970s, including the sexual revolution in the US, HIV/AIDS, and the development of progressive sex ed in Cuba. It chronicles the downfall of the Soviet Union and its impact on the Cuban economy, which in turn affected the sexual economy. The meaning of homosexuality evolved in both the US and Cuba, at least in part in relation to geopolitics.
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- Governing the Terrain Called BeautyThe Queerness of Political Economy in Cuba and the United States, pp. 40 - 70Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
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