In the midst of the political and economical disenchantment suffered by most Cubans
during the “Special Period,” sexual tourism became a means of survival for many, particularly
for women. It is precisely within this framework that Coco Fusco and Nao Bustamante write
the performance Stuff, where, as examined in this essay, women become gastronomical menus
who satisfy the appetite of the “other.” While searching for a means to obtain food, these female
entities must create “alternative bodies” to indulge tourists’ sexual needs. They openly portray
the woman’s body as the cultural myths that most foreigners tend to associate with women,
food, and sex in Latin America. (PT, Article in Spanish
