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Contents 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 ...

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