The sexual construction of Latino youth : implications for the spread of HIV/AIDS / Jacobo Schifter, Johnny Madrigal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schifter, Jacobo.

Contributor:

Madrigal Pana, Johnny.

Series:

Latin sexuality

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--Sexual behavior--Costa Rica.

Youth.

Youth--Sexual behavior.

Costa Rica.

Physical Description:

xiv, 206 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Haworth Hispanic/Latino Press, [2000]

Summary:

The Sexual Construction of Latino Youth looks at studies of Latino youth from middle and marginal backgrounds on various topics, such as sex education, sexuality, perceptions sex, birth control or the lack thereof, love and romance, and sexual activity that will give readers insight into this serious and growing problem in Latin America culture.

Contents:

Study Rationale and Objectives 1

Sex Education in Costa Rica 9

Sexuality and Young People 10

Risk of HIV Infection Through Sexual Contact 12

Communities Studied 13

Chapter 3. Methodology 23

Organization of the Study 23

Specific Objectives 24

Target Population and Study Sample 25

Research Methods 26

Preparation of an Interview Guide 27

Selection and Training of Interviewers 30

Process of Conducting In-Depth Interviews 32

Focus Groups 33

Interviews with Community Leaders 34

Transcription and Data Analysis 35

Methodological Challenges 35

Chapter 4. Conceptual Frame for the Analysis of Sexual Culture 39

Introduction to Social Constructionism 39

Basic Principles 40

Sexual Discourses 42

Sexual Practice and Identity 45

Gender, Identity, and Sexual Roles 46

Discourses and Prevention 48

Power and Knowledge Articulated in Discourses 49

How Do Discourses on Sex Emerge? 50

Discourse Internalization 51

How Are Discourses Imposed? 52

Contradictions Inherent Within Sexual Discourses 53

Resistance to Dominant Discourses 54

Compartmentalization of Discourses 56

Chapter 5. Hegemonic Sexual Discourses 59

Principles of Religious Discourses 59

Principles of Gender Discourses 68

Principles of Scientific Discourses 72

Chapter 6. Assimilation of Religious Discourses 77

The Costa Rican Context 78

Female Religious Discourses 80

Male Religious Discourses 82

Community Religious Discourses 84

Fundamentalist Religious Discourses 87

Chapter 7. Assimilation of Gender Discourses 93

How Are Sex Roles Internalized? 95

Public Awareness of Gender and the Impulse for Change 96

Male Gender Discourses 98

Female Gender Discourses 102

Gender Discourses in the Communities 106

Chapter 8. Assimilation of Scientific Discourses 111

Scientific Discourses and Young People 116

Chapter 9. Learning and Imposition of Discourses 133

Transmission of Messages 134

Learning and Repetition 136

Blind Acceptance, Essentialist Thinking, and Manichaeism 136

Proselytism 137

Social Instruments of Control: Punishment 138

Individual Instruments of Control: The Internal Watchdog 142

Chapter 10. Contradictions and Compartmentalization 149

Origins of Contradictions 149

Contradictions and Young People 150

Discursive Contradictions and Tolerance of Homosexuality 154

Discourses and Compartmentalization 155

Chapter 11. Formal Resistance to Discourses 161

Erotic Discourses 162

Romantic Discourses 169

Feminist Discourses 172

Chapter 12. Informal Resistance to Discourses 175

Resistance by Young Women in Villa del Mar 175

Resistance by Young Men in Villa del Mar 177

Resistance by Young Men in Villa del Sol 179

Resistance by Young Women in Villa del Sol 181

Chapter 13. Sexual Culture and Barriers to AIDS Prevention 183

Censorship 183

Internal Watchdog 184

Magic-Religious Thought 185

Compartmentalization 186

Sexual Violence 188

Economic Violence 189

Escapism 190.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-197) and index.

ISBN:

078900884X

0789008858

OCLC:

41932565