Tuesday, March 3, 2009

EVENTS: 090304/Antonio Viego/The Life of the Undead

"Wednesdays @ the Center | The Life of the Undead | Antonio Viego" on Wednesday, March 4 at 12:00pm.

Event: Wednesdays @ the Center | The Life of the Undead | Antonio Viego
What: Lecture
Host: Franklin Humanities Institute
Start Time: Wednesday, March 4 at 12:00pm
End Time: Wednesday, March 4 at 1:00pm
Where: 240 Franklin Center

The John Hope Franklin Center and John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute present in a "The Life of the Undead: Biopower, Latino Anxiety, and the Epidemiological Paradox" by Antonio Viego Associate Professor of Literature and Director of Latino/a Studies as part of their Wednesdays at the Center Series. The event will be held from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM, in Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center. This talk is based on a chapter from Viego's second book project, The Wages of Latino Mental and Physcial Health: Living and Dying on One's Own Time. The book studies the dense interconnections between capitalism, biopower, psychoanalysis, psychology, and theories of Latino/a health and disease in the context of the ubiquitous claim heard nowadays regarding the inevitable Latinization of the United States.The series is free and open to the public and a light lunch will be served. This event is presented with the Program in Latino/a Studies in the Global South.

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