Lila's House: Male Prostitution in Latin America

ISBN-13: 9781560239437 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 132 str.

Jacobo Schifter-Sikora

Opis

Lila's House: A Study of Male Prostitution in Latin America presents insight into male prostitution in San Jose, Costa Rica. This study focuses on a very specific sexual culture within the realm of male prostitution: the young men of a lower-middle-class brothel catering to pederasts -- men attracted to boys or young men. You will learn about the culture of juvenile prostitution and learn from the immediate intervention program that was implemented. Twenty-five young men between the ages of 13 and 27 were interviewed for this study. They share with you their views on:
-- sexual intitiation
-- sexual definition
-- sexual orientation
-- love
-- drug use
-- prostitution
-- family relationships
-- relationships with men and women

The young men interviewed in Lila's House are in serious danger of being exposed to the AIDS virus and of becoming addicted, if they are not already, to cocaine, crack, or alcohol. Those conducting the study initiated a campaign to supply condoms and raise the young men's awareness about AIDS and drugs and began an immediate support program. The project resulted in the establishment, in June 1997, of an alternative home for juvenile prostitutes, which offers various opportunities for education and work.

Spis treści

Contents
Introduction: Why Write About the Forbidden

• Part I: The House and the Money
• The House
• The Clients
• “Cacheros”
• The Owner
• Is Lila a Sorcerer?
• Profit and Money Laundering
• Part II: The “Cachero” Is Masculine
• Part III: What Can and Cannot Be Done
• Materialism
• Focal vs. Multifarious
• A Day in the Life
• A Clean Slate
• Indifference
• “Pagadores”
• Different Sexual Practices
• Double Standards
• Part IV: Virility Problems
• Fantasy and Pleasure
• Flirting
• Money and Drugs
• Family and Children
• New Demands
• Romantic Love
• Empathy
• Part V: Sodom and Gomorrah Reviewed
• “Cacherismo,” Condemnation, and Guilt
• Allegory
• AIDS Prevention
• The End of the House
• Glossary
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

O autorze

Jacobo Schifter, Irene Artavia Fernández, Sharon Mulheren