P. Sean Brotherton

Dr. P. Sean Brotherton is Professor of Anthropology at New York University. He is a cultural anthropologist who studies and theorizes health, medicine, the state, subjectivity, and psychoanalysis. Brotherton’s research intervenes in debates of medical anthropology, the anthropology of the body, and Latin American and Caribbean studies. Across his work, he asks: What constitutes health or well-being, or the notion of a healthy subject, to whom does it matter, and why? Brotherton is currently the President of the Society for Medical Anthropology, a section of the American Anthropological Association (AAA).

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Cuba as Dreamworld and Catastrophe

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Cuba as Dreamworld and Catastrophe

This Hot Spots series attempts to interrogate how Cuba is interpellated by diverse audiences to think with and about the complexities and paradoxes of everyday,... More

Introduction: Cuba as Dreamworld and Catastrophe

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Introduction: Cuba as Dreamworld and Catastrophe

In June 2002, Fidel Castro briefly collapsed while giving an address on the campaign to constitutionally declare that “Cuba is and will always be a socialist st... More