Infamous desire : male homosexuality in colonial Latin America / edited by Pete Sigal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sigal, Peter Herman, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay men--Latin America--History.

Gay men.

Homosexuality--Latin America--History.

Homosexuality.

Lust--History.

Lust.

Power (Social sciences)--Latin America--History.

Power (Social sciences).

Sex role--Latin America--History.

Sex role.

History.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

viii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.

Summary:

Introduction: (Homo)Sexual Desire and Masculine Power in Colonial Latin America: Notes toward an Integrated Analysis, Pete Sigal1. Toward an Andean Theory of Ritual Same-Sex Sexuality and Third-Gender SubjectivityMichael J. Horswell2. Gender Subordination and Political Hierarchy in Pre-Hispanic AmericaRichard C. Trexler3. Gendered Power, the Hybrid Self, and Homosexual Desire in Late Colonial YucatanPete Sigal4. Political "Abomination" and Private Reservation: The Nefarious Sin, Homosexuality, and Cultural Values in Colonial PeruWard Stavig5. Tales of Two Carmelites: Inquisitorial Narratives from Portugal and BrazilDavid Higgs6. Crypto-Sodomites in Colonial BrazilLuiz Mott, translated by Salima Popat7. The Ashes of Desire: Homosexuality in Mid-Seventeenth-Century New SpainSerge Gruzinski, translated by Ignacio Lopez-CalvoList of ContributorsIndex

Contents:

Introduction: (Homo) Sexual Desire and Masculine Power in Colonial Latin America: Notes toward an Integrated Analysis / Pete Sigal 1

Chapter 1 Toward an Andean Theory of Ritual Same-Sex Sexuality and Third-Gender Subjectivity / Michael J. Horswell 25

Chapter 2 Gender Subordination and Political Hierarchy in Pre-Hispanic America / Richard C. Trexler 70

Chapter 3 Gendered Power, the Hybrid Self, and Homosexual Desire in Late Colonial Yucatan / Pete Sigal 102

Chapter 4 Political "Abomination" and Private Reservation: The Nefarious Sin, Homosexuality, and Cultural Values in Colonial Peru / Ward Stavig 134

Chapter 5 Tales of Two Carmelites: Inquisitorial Narratives from Portugal and Brazil / David Higgs 152

Chapter 6 Crypto-Sodomites in Colonial Brazil / Luiz Mott, Translated by Salima Popat 168

Chapter 7 The Ashes of Desire: Homosexuality in Mid-Seventeenth-Century New Spain / Serge Gruzinski, Translated by Ignacio Lopez-Calvo 197.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0226757021

0226757048

OCLC:

49843749