Mucho macho : seduction, desire, and the homoerotic lives of Latin men / Chris Girman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Girman, Chris.

Series:

Haworth gay & lesbian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Male homosexuality--Latin America.

Male homosexuality.

Machismo--Latin America.

Machismo.

Masculinity--Latin America.

Masculinity.

Hispanic American gay people.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

xiv, 415 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harrington Park Press, [2004]

Summary:

This book explores the concepts--and illuminates the realities--of macho and machismo from the unique perspective of a gay sociologist who is also a sexual tourist. Unlike most of the scholars who have written about same-sex Latino male attraction, author/ethnographer Chris Girman has experienced it firsthand. In his travels in South, Central, and North America, Chris has had intimate encounters with dozens of Latino men. He shares both his research and his personal experience in Mucho Macho: Seduction, Desire, and the Homoerotic Lives of Latin Men.

Contents:

Machismo and macho performance

Head, hands, balls, and ass

The Dominican tíguere and hegemonic masculinities

Desire in a Costa Rican prison

Historical representations of same-sex desire in Esteban Echeverría's "El matadero" and Reinaldo Arenas's "Comienza el desfile"

Familiar, familial voices

Performing matter(s).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-399) and index.

ISBN:

1560235020

1560235039

OCLC:

54350054