Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture – serie
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35 produkter
Travesti
Sex, Gender, and Culture among Brazilian Transgendered Prostitutes
Av Don Kulick
Häftad, 1998
3,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
308 kr
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This narrative follows the lives of a group of transgendered prostitutes ("travestis" in Portuguese) in the Brazilian city Salvador. Travestis are males who, at an age as young as ten, adopt female names, clothing styles, hairstyles and linguistic pronouns. They ingest massive doses of female …
Money, Myths, and Change
The Economic Lives of Lesbians and Gay Men
Häftad, 2003
307 kr
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This work explores the economic lives of gays and lesbians in the United States. It debunks common stereotypical ideas about gay privilege, income and consumer behaviour. By studying the ends and means of gay life from an economic perspective, the author disproves the assumption that gay men and …
Temporarily Yours
Intimacy, Authenticity, and the Commerce of Sex
Häftad, 2007
290 kr
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Despite increased economic opportunities for women, sexual commerce has not only thrived in the Western world, it has diversified along technological, spatial, and social lines. For example, contemporary sex workers often meet their clinets through the Internet, offering new kinds of encounters …
Night is Young
Sexuality in Mexico in the Time of AIDS
Häftad, 2001
248 kr
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"The Night is Young" takes us past the the stereotypes of macho hombres and dark-eyed senoritas to reveal the complex nature of sexuality in modern-day Mexico. Drawing on field research conducted in Guadalajara, Mexico's second-largest city, Hector Carrillo shows how modernization, globalization …
No Place Like Home
Relationships and Family Life among Lesbians and Gay Men
Häftad, 2002
289 kr
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In this portrait of the everyday world of lesbian and gay relationships, Christopher Carrington captures the experiences of creating and maintaining a home and a "chosen" family. Observing lesbians and gay men as they go about their daily routines, Carrington unveils the complex, frequently hidden, …
Interpretation of Desire
Essays in the Study of Sexuality
Av John Gagnon
Inbunden, 2004
871 kr
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An Interpretation of Desire offers a bracing collection of major essays by John Gagnon, one of the leading and most inspiring figures in sexual research. Spanning his work from the 1970s, when he explored the idea that sexuality is mediated through social processes and categories—thus paving the …
Interpretation of Desire
Essays in the Study of Sexuality
Av John Gagnon
Häftad, 2004
349 kr
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An Interpretation of Desire offers a bracing collection of major essays by John Gagnon, one of the leading and most inspiring figures in sexual research. Spanning his work from the 1970s, when he explored the idea that sexuality is mediated through social processes and categories—thus paving the …
Beyond Carnival
Male Homosexuality in Twentieth-Century Brazil
Häftad, 2001
441 kr
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For many foreign observers, Brazil still conjures up a collage of exotic images, ranging from the camp antics of Carmen Miranda to the bronzed girl (or boy) from Ipanema moving sensually over the white sands of Rio's beaches. Among these tropical fantasies is that of the uninhibited and licentious …
Sambia Sexual Culture
Essays from the Field
Inbunden, 1999
847 kr
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A collection of essays on the sexual culture of the Sambia of Papua New Guinea. Over the course of 20 years, Gilbert Herdt made 13 trips to live with the Sambia of Papua New Guinea in order to understand sexuality and ritual in the context of warfare and gender segregation. Herdt's essays examine …
Sambia Sexual Culture
Essays from the Field
Häftad, 1999
315 kr
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A collection of essays on the sexual culture of the Sambia of Papua New Guinea. Over the course of 20 years, Gilbert Herdt made 13 trips to live with the Sambia of Papua New Guinea in order to understand sexuality and ritual in the context of warfare and gender segregation. Herdt's essays examine …
Out in Force
Sexual Orientation and the Military
Av Gregory M. Herek, Jared B. Jobe m. fl.
Inbunden, 1996
1535 kr
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Can the U.S. military integrate gay personnel into its ranks and still accomplish its mission? In 1993, this question became the centre of a heated debate when President Clinton attempted to lift the long-standing ban on gays in the military. This debate persists because the compromise policy …
Queer Forster
Av Robert K. Martin, George Piggford
Inbunden, 1997
982 kr
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This volume presents a radical revision of gay criticism and focuses on E.M. Forster's place in the emerging field of queer studies. This collection situates Forster within the Bloomsbury Group, and examines his relations with major figures such as Henry James, Edward Carpenter and Virginia Woolf. …
Queer Forster
Av Robert K. Martin, George Piggford
Häftad, 1997
352 kr
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This volume presents a revision of gay criticism and focuses on E.M. Forster's place in the emerging field of queer studies. Many previous critics of Forster downplayed his homosexuality or read Forster in terms of gay liberation. This collection situates Forster within the Bloomsbury Group and …
Coyote Nation
Sexuality, Race, and Conquest in Modernizing New Mexico, 1880-1920
Häftad, 2005
316 kr
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With the arrival of the transcontinental railroad in the 1880s came the emergence of a modern and profoundly multicultural New Mexico. Native Americans, working-class Mexicans, elite Hispanos, and black and white newcomers all commingled and interacted in the territory in ways that had not been …
American Gay
Inbunden, 1996
1076 kr
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This text provides an investigation into how people have been gay or lesbian in America. The author examines the emergence of gay and lesbian social life, the creation of lesbigay communities, and the forces of resistance that have mobilized and fostered a group identity. Murray also considers the …
Gay Men's Friendships
Invincible Communities
Inbunden, 1999
1229 kr
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Based on surveys and interviews of two hundred gay men, this study presents an examination of contemporary urban gay men's friendships. Weaving historical and sociological research on friendship with firsthand information, Nardi argues that friendship is the central organizing element of gay men's …
Gay Men's Friendships
Invincible Communities
Häftad, 1999
248 kr
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Based on surveys and interviews of two hundred gay men, this study presents an examination of contemporary urban gay men's friendships. Weaving historical and sociological research on friendship with firsthand information, Nardi argues that friendship is the central organizing element of gay men's …
Caribbean Pleasure Industry
Tourism, Sexuality, and AIDS in the Dominican Republic
Av Mark Padilla
Häftad, 2007
281 kr
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In recent years, the economy of the Caribbean has become almost completely dependent on international tourism. And today one of the chief ways that foreign visitors there seek pleasure is through prostitution. While much has been written on the female sex workers who service these tourists, …
Mema's House, Mexico City
On Transvestites, Queens, and Machos
Inbunden, 1998
879 kr
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Mema's house is in the poor quarter Nezahualcoyotl, a crowded urban space on the outskirts of Mexico City where people survive with the help of family, neighbours, and friends. This house is a sanctuary for a group of young homosexual men who meet to chat, flirt, listen to music, and smoke …
Mema's House, Mexico City
On Transvestites, Queens, and Machos
Häftad, 1998
308 kr
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Mema's house is in the poor quarter Nezahualcoyotl, a crowded urban space on the outskirts of Mexico City where people survive with the help of family, neighbours, and friends. This house is a sanctuary for a group of young homosexual men who meet to chat, flirt, listen to music, and smoke …
With Respect to Sex
Negotiating Hijra Identity in South India
Inbunden, 2005
854 kr
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With Respect to Sex is an intimate ethnography that offers a provocative account of sexual and social difference in India. The subjects of this study are hijras or the "third sex" of India—individuals who occupy a unique, liminal space between male and female, sacred and profane.Hijras are men who …
With Respect to Sex
Negotiating Hijra Identity in South India
Häftad, 2005
342 kr
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With Respect to Sex is an intimate ethnography that offers a provocative account of sexual and social difference in India. The subjects of this study are hijras or the "third sex" of India, individuals who occupy a unique, liminal space between male and female, sacred and profane. Hijras are men …
Emerging Lesbian
Female Same-Sex Desire in Modern China
Häftad, 2003
281 kr
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In early 20th-century China, age-old traditions of homosocial and homoerotic relationships between women suddenly became an issue of widespread public concern. Discussed formerly in terms of friendship and sisterhood, these relations came to be associated with feminism, on the one hand, and …
Plague of Paradoxes
AIDS, Culture, and Demography in Northern Tanzania
Häftad, 2000
298 kr
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Since recording its first AIDS cases in 1983, Tanzania has reported nearly 90,000 more to the World Health Organization - more than any other country in Africa. The AIDS epidemic has forced Africans to reflect upon the meaning of traditional ideas and practices related to sexuality and fertility, …
Money, Myths, and Change
The Economic Lives of Lesbians and Gay Men
Inbunden, 2001
613 kr
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This work explores the economic lives of gays and lesbians in the United States. It debunks common stereotypical ideas about gay privilege, income and consumer behaviour. By studying the ends and means of gay life from an economic perspective, the author disproves the assumption that gay men and …
Night is Young
Sexuality in Mexico in the Time of AIDS
Inbunden, 2001
914 kr
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"The Night is Young" takes us past the the stereotypes of macho hombres and dark-eyed senoritas to reveal the complex nature of sexuality in modern-day Mexico. Drawing on field research conducted in Guadalajara, Mexico's second-largest city, Hector Carrillo shows how modernization, globalization …
No Place Like Home
Relationships and Family Life among Lesbians and Gay Men
Inbunden, 2000
411 kr
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In this portrait of the everyday world of lesbian and gay relationships, Christopher Carrington seeks to capture the experiences of creating and maintaining a home and a "chosen" family. Observing lesbians and gay men as they go about their daily routines, Carrington unveils the complex, frequently …
Bedtrick
Tales of Sex and Masquerade
Häftad, 2005
402 kr
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"Somehow I woke up one day and found myself in bed with a stranger." Meant literally or figuratively, this statement describes one of the best-known plots in world mythology and popular storytelling. In a tour that runs from Shakespeare to Hollywood and from Abraham Lincoln to Casanova, the erudite …
Beyond Carnival
Male Homosexuality in Twentieth-Century Brazil
Inbunden, 2000
652 kr
Tillfälligt slut
For many foreign observers, Brazil still conjures up a collage of exotic images, ranging from the camp antics of Carmen Miranda to the bronzed girl (or boy) from Ipanema moving sensually over the white sands of Rio's beaches. Among these tropical fantasies is that of the uninhibited and licentious …
Coyote Nation
Sexuality, Race, and Conquest in Modernizing New Mexico, 1880-1920
Inbunden, 2005
732 kr
Tillfälligt slut
With the arrival of the transcontinental railroad in the 1880s came the emergence of a modern and profoundly multicultural New Mexico. Native Americans, working-class Mexicans, elite Hispanos, and black and white newcomers all commingled and interacted in the territory in ways that had not been …
