Reading Beyond the Love Lines

Examining Cuban Jineteras ’ Discourses of Love for Europeans

Bibliographic Data

ID7921077
AuthorsDina de Sousa e Santos (University of Southampton, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume4
Issue3
Pages407-426
Publication date2009-11-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMobilities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1745-0101 • E-ISSN: 1745-011X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17450100903195565
OpenAlexW1982756474
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited9

This paper discusses mobility and migration, focusing mainly on the cases of Afro‐Cuban jineteras who seek relationships with Europeans. Healthy (educated) hookers or decadent women? While Cuban government officials condemn the actions of Cuban jineteras, society and the Cuban family often refer to them as luchadoras (fighters). The paper introduces the voices of Cuban jineteras in debates of jineterismo and migration in order to develop a broader understanding of the concept. Drawing on ethnographic research in Havana and the UK, I argue that what makes jineterismo a complex concept is that it encompasses a wide range of actions, including the desire to love the (idealised) European man, and in many cases, the aspiration to migrate to Europe

Ethnography · Political science · Sociology · Anthropology · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Cuban History and Society · Gender Studies · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law

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