Auteur: Jorge Capetillo

Sam Binkley is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Emerson College, Boston. His research considers the historical and social production of subjectivity in the context of lifestyle practices. He has studied lifestyle movements of the 1970s, contemporary anti-consumerist lifestyles, consumer cultures under Cuban socialism, and the temporality of neo-liberalism. He has also written on the theoretical contributions of Pierre Bourdieu, Norbert Elias and Michel Foucault. His recent monograph, Getting Loose: Lifestyle Consumption in the 1970s (Duke University Press, 2007), examines the role of lifestyle discourse in the shaping of reflexive subjectivity, and its ultimate influence on lifestyle branding. He currently serves as co-editor of the journal Foucault Studies, and his articles have appeared in the Journal of Consumer Culture, Time and Society, Cultural Studies, Rethinking Marxism, The European Journal of Cultural Studies and the Journal for Cultural Research. He is currently working on a new book on happiness.Jorge Capetillo-Ponce is presently Director of Latino Studies, Associate Professor of Sociology and Research Associate at the Mauricio Gaston Institute for Latino Community Development at University of Massachusetts-Boston. Before joining UMass Boston, Dr. Capetillo-Ponce worked as Executive Director of the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York City and as advisor to Latino grassroots organizations in New York and Massachusetts. He has publications on such issues as social theory, race and ethnic relations, media studies, Latino Studies, and U.S.-Latin America relations. Dr. Capetillo-Ponce is the editor of the book Images of Mexico in the U.S. News Media. His latest publications are Deciphering the Labyrinth: The Influence of Georg Simmel on the Sociology of Octavio Paz; Politics, Ethnicity, and Bilingual Education in Massachusetts; From « A Clash of Civilizations » to « Internal Colonialism »: Reactions to the Theoretical Bases of Samuel Huntington »s « The Hispanic Challenge »; Framing the « Taxes and Undocumented Workers » Debate: A Critical Review of Texts Supporting Pro-Enforcement Policies and Practices; »Foucault, Marxism, and the Cuban Revolution: Historical and Contemporary Reflections); Foucault and the « New Man »: Conversations on Foucault in Cuba; On Borderlands and Bridges: An Inquiry into Gloria Anzaldúa »s Methodology (forthcoming)