Sexuality of Migration

Lionel Cantú, Jr. (1965-2002), was Assistant Professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz in the Department of Sociology.Nancy A. Naples is Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Sociology at the University of Connecticut. She is the author of many books, including Feminism and Method: Ethnography, Discourse Analysis, and Activist Research, and Grassroots Warriors: Activist Mothering, Community Work, and the War on Poverty.Salvador Vidal-Ortiz is Assistant Professor of Sociology at American University. His work has appeared in journals such as Qualitative Sociology, Sociology Compass, and Sexualities, and books such as Gay Religion and Latinos/as in the United States: Changing the Face of América.

In this path-breaking book, which is startling for what it reveals and what it innovates, Cantú shows how sex and the state are intimately related in one of the greatest dramas of our time, international migration. The Sexuality of Migration is a work of inspiration, integrity, and scholarly creativity. - Perrette Hondagneu-Sotelo,author of God's Heart Has No Borders: How Religious Activists Are Working for Immigrant Rights

• Acknowledgments Foreword by Lionel Cantu, Jr. Editors' PrefaceNancy A. Naples and Salvador Vidal-Ortiz Editors' Introduction Nancy A. Naples and Salvador Vidal-Ortiz 1 Sexuality, Migration, and Identity 2 Border Patrol: Sexuality, Citizenship, and U.S. Immigration Policy 3 Border Crossers: Seeking Asylum and Maneuvering Identities 4 De Los Otros: Mexican Sexual Borderlands 5 De Ambiente: Queer Tourism and Shifting Sexualities 6 A Place Called Home: Mexican Immigrant Men's Family Experiences 7 Entre Hombres/Between Men: Latino Masculinities and Homosexualities 8 Toward a Queer Political Economy of Sexuality: Places, Spaces, and Shifting Identities Editors' Conclusion Nancy A. Naples and Salvador Vidal-Ortiz Afterword by Dissertation Liberation Army Notes References IndexAbout the Editors