An ethnography of sexual identity formation in contemporary Cuba.

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. Invoking "A larger freedom" 1
1. Looking (at) "Afro-Cuba(n)" 19
2. Discursive Sleight of Hand: Race, Sex, Gender 41
3. The Erotics and Politics of Self-making 74
4. De Cierta Manera . . . Hasta Cierto Punto (One Way or Another . . . Up to a Certain Point) 100
5. Friendship as a Mode of Survival 129
6.  Hagamos un Chen! (We Make Change!) 157
Coda:  Vamos a Vencer! (We Will Win!) 186
Notes 195
References 211
Index 233