Oye Loca: From the Mariel Boatlift to Gay Cuban Miami

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OYE LOCA This page intentionally left blank OYE LOCA From the Mariel Boatlift to Gay Cuban Miami SUSANA PEÑA University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis London The University of Minnesota Press gratefully acknowledges financial assistance for the publication of this book from Bowling Green State University’s Building Strength Program. A different version of chapter 2 was originally published as “‘Obvious Gays’ and the State Gaze: Cuban Gay Visibility and U.S. Immigration Policy during the 1980 Mariel Boatlift,” Journal of the History of Sexuality 16, no. 3 (2007): 482–514; copyright by the University of Texas Press; all rights reserved. A different version of chapter 4 was originally published as “Pájaration and Transculturation: Language and Meaning in Miami’s Cuban American Gay Worlds,” in Speaking in Queer Tongues: Globalization and Gay Language, ed. William L. Leap and Tom Boellstorff (Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2004), 231–50; copyright by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois; reprinted with permission of the University of Illinois Press. Copyright 2013 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying , recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Peña, Susana. Oye loca : from the Mariel boatlift to gay Cuban Miami / Susana Peña. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN978-0-8166-6553-2(hc:alk.paper)—ISBN978-0-8166-6554-9(pb:alk.paper) 1. Gay men—Florida—Miami. 2. Gay men—Cuba. 3. Cuban Americans— Cultural assimilation. 4. Immigrants—Florida—Miami. 5. Gay culture— Florida—Miami. I. Title. HQ76.2.U52M5257 2013 306.76'609759381—dc23 2013014539 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Para Mami This page intentionally left blank ...