Jineterismo

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Jineterismo ("cavalry") has been a synonym for all semi-legal to illegal, individual economic activities on the edge of state-controlled tourism since the beginning of Cuba's economic and social crisis ( período especial ) in 1990 . Derived from the Spanish word jinete ("rider"), the word jinetera ("rider") in everyday Cuban language denotes an occasional prostitute who "saddles" on foreigners in order to get as much money out of them as possible.

Today the phenomenon of Jineterismo can no longer be compared with that of the 1990s. Many Jineteras have been able to leave Cuba or have been reintegrated into working life following official purges carried out in recent years. Nevertheless, the tendency of many young women and an increasing number of young men as Jineteras or Pingueros ( "cock boy" in Cuban slang term for male prostitutes ) to prostitute in one way or another, become part of the current Cuban survival practice that in broad Sections of the population, especially the young generation, has experienced social acceptance. Jineterismo is also no longer limited to the relationship between Cubans and foreigners, but is now more and more common among Cubans.

literature

  • Cornelius Griep: The Effect of Official Discourse on Everyday Language in Cuba . Peter Lang Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Frankfurt am Main / Berlin / Bern / Bruxelles / New York / Oxford / Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-631-58903-8 (numerous figures, tables and graphics, 1 CD with documentary Rincón )
  • Amir Valle: Habana Babilonia: Prostitution in Cuba. Testimonials Edition Cologne, 2008, ISBN 978-3936791341

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cornelius Griep: The effect of the official discourse on the everyday language in Cuba. Page 150
  2. ↑ So you don't fall into the trap welt.de of March 1, 2018, accessed on March 4, 2019 in Cuba
  3. ↑ Cornelius Griep: The effect of the official discourse on the everyday language in Cuba , page 63-64