After widespread neglect over many years, the study of human sexuality has recently come to the forefront of many of the most important debates in contemporary society and culture. The continued development of feminist theory, the emergence of gay and lesbian studies, and the impact of the international AIDS pandemic have combined to focus new attention on the ways in which gender and sexuality are shaped in different social and cultural settings, and on the complex interactions betwen sexuality and health in the late 20th century. Edited by two of the leading figures in contemporary sex...
After widespread neglect over many years, the study of human sexuality has recently come to the forefront of many of the most important debates in con...
Based on long-term fieldwork carried out over more than 15 years, this text examines the changing shape of male homosexuality and the emegence of diverse and vibrant gay communities in urban Brazil. The book draws on a detailed ethnographic description of multiple sexual worlds organized around street cruising, male prostitution, transgender performances, gay commercial markets and establishments, gay rights activism and AIDS service provision. Richard G. Parker explores the changing sexual identities, cultures and communities that have taken shape in Brazil in recent years.
Based on long-term fieldwork carried out over more than 15 years, this text examines the changing shape of male homosexuality and the emegence of dive...
Based on long-term fieldwork carried out over more than 15 years, this text examines the changing shape of male homosexuality and the emegence of diverse and vibrant gay communities in urban Brazil. The book draws on a detailed ethnographic description of multiple sexual worlds organized around street cruising, male prostitution, transgender performances, gay commercial markets and establishments, gay rights activism and AIDS service provision. Richard G. Parker explores the changing sexual identities, cultures and communities that have taken shape in Brazil in recent years.
Based on long-term fieldwork carried out over more than 15 years, this text examines the changing shape of male homosexuality and the emegence of dive...
Discussions of globalization usually focus on political, economic, and technological transformations, but fail to recognize how we experience these processes in our daily lives, including our most intimate acts and practices. In this volume, anthropologists and sociologists draw on long-term ethnographic research on love, gender, and sexuality in a broad range of regions to discuss how global forces shape marriage, commercial sex, the political economy of intimacy, and lesbian and gay expressions of companionship.
The richly-textured ethnographies provoke a series of questions about...
Discussions of globalization usually focus on political, economic, and technological transformations, but fail to recognize how we experience these pr...
Discussions of globalization usually focus on political, economic, and technological transformations, but fail to recognize how we experience these processes in our daily lives, including our most intimate acts and practices. In this volume, anthropologists and sociologists draw on long-term ethnographic research on love, gender, and sexuality in a broad range of regions to discuss how global forces shape marriage, commercial sex, the political economy of intimacy, and lesbian and gay expressions of companionship.
The richly-textured ethnographies provoke a series of questions about...
Discussions of globalization usually focus on political, economic, and technological transformations, but fail to recognize how we experience these pr...
Winner of the Ruth Benedict Prize from the Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists.
Originally published in the early 1990s, Bodies, Pleasures, and Passions quickly became a classic ethnographic study of the social, cultural and historical construction of sexuality and sexual diversity. Drawing on extensive field research and interviews, together with the analysis of historical and literary texts, anthropologist Richard Parker mapped out the multiple cultural systems that structure gender, sexuality, and erotic practices in Brazil, and helped to open up a new wave of social...
Winner of the Ruth Benedict Prize from the Society of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists.
Originally published in the early 1990s, Bodies, Pl...
