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ONEONTA, N.Y. -- Anthropologist Dr. Edgar Rivera Colon, who is
serving as Faculty in Residence at the
Center for Multicultural
Experiences at the SUNY College at Oneonta, will offer two presentations
at the College next week. Admission to both events is complimentary, and
members of the community are invited to attend.
On Tuesday, March 10, at 8 p.m. in the Center for Multicultural
Experiences in Lee Hall, Dr. Colon will offer a presentation entitled "Arbert
Got Too Much Kin: ‘Go To Queers', Fantasies of the Master Family, and Trying
to Make a Dollar Outta 59 Cents."
On Thursday, March 12, at 8 p.m. in lecture hall #5 of the Instructional
Resources Center, Dr. Colon will present "Vivienne's Victory: Work,
Sister-Love, and Breaking Even in Runway Land. Using the Analytic of
Sister-Love."
Dr. Colon, who served as a visiting instructor of anthropology at Rutgers
University, focuses his research on sex and gender, studying the lives and
communities of gay blacks and Latinos in New York City. He worked previously
for the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, where he
trained AIDS-prevention workers in ethnographic research. His dissertation
was entitled "Getting Life in Two Worlds: Prevention and Power in the New
York City House Ballroom Community."
Dr. Colon's appearance at SUNY Oneonta is made possible with support from
the Center for Multicultural Experiences,
Africana and Latino
Studies Department,
Anthropology Department,
Women's and Gender
Studies Department, and
Office of Equity and Inclusion. More information is available from the
Center for Multicultural Experiences at (607) 436-2663.
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