https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-6v3hz-15cbc0d
On Mexico, class, and sexuality.
We welcome anthropologist Roger Lancaster onto the pod to talk about his new book, The Struggle to Be Gay – in Mexico, for Example.
We discuss:
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How much is being gay tied to being modern? And conversely, how much of globalized culture is itself “gay”?
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Do you need to be middle class to be gay?
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Why did neoliberalism provide more sexual freedom than corporatism in Mexico?
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How was Mexico ahead of the US in introducing ‘progressive neoliberalism’?
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Is now a time of freedom, or should we think of it differently?
In part two, we discuss AMLO’s “synthetic” presidency, and the way peasant conservatism in central America has traditionally provided a boost to radicalism – and ask whether this is still the case.
Only available at patreon.com/bungacast.
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