hi Jon,
Have you read much of the stuff by the Precarias a la Deriva? They take up affect in the (precarious) labor of sex work and domestic/caring work. Factoring in the role of migration in those markets produces a picture of an international gendered distribution and production of affect. Very intersting. Here's one piece related to this -
http://www.sindominio.net/karako.../ 4hipoteses.htm

take care,
Nate
Nate | Homepage | 16 Feb, 2006 - 5:39 pm | #

Your blogs rock
Camilo Pino | Homepage | 17 Feb, 2006 - 8:33 pm | #

Nate, thanks for the link. Looks interesting indeed.

Camilo, well, thank you!
Jon | Homepage | 17 Feb, 2006 - 11:20 pm | #

And with the added twist that Carmen herself was an import from Portugal...?
binky | Homepage | 28 Feb, 2006 - 6:10 pm | #

binky, indeed. No origin: copies upon copies.

And as Ricardo Piglia notes, the foundation of Argentina's literary tradition is a misquotation from the French.
Jon | Homepage | 28 Feb, 2006 - 6:25 pm | #