Latina/o sexualities : probing powers, passions, practices, and policies / edited by Marysol Asencio.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Asencio, Marysol, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic American women--Sexual behavior.

Hispanic American women.

Hispanic Americans--Sexual behavior.

Hispanic Americans.

Physical Description:

xi, 376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2010]

Summary:

Latina/o Sexualities provides a multidisciplinary perspective and creates a space where issues of Latina/o Sexualities can be explored, given the limitations of prevalent research models. It compels the current wave in sexuality studies to be more inclusive of ethnic minorities and sets an agenda that policy makers and researchers will find invaluable.

Contents:

1 A History of Latina/o Sexualities / Ramón A. Gutiérrez 13

2 Making Sex Matter: Histories of Latina/o Sexualities, 1898 to 1965 / Pablo Mitchell 38

3 Latina/o Childhood Sexuality / Sonya Grant Arreola 48

4 Latina/o Parent-Adolescent Communication about Sexuality: An Interdisciplinary Literature Review / Laura F. Romo, Erum Nadeem, Claudia Kouyoumdjian 62

5 Sexual Health of Latina/o Populations in the United States / Sandra Arévalo, Hortensia Amaro 75

6 Latina/o Sex Policy / Elena R. Gutiérrez 90

7 Heterosexuality Exposed: Some Feminist Sociological Reflections on Heterosexual Sex and Romance in U.S. Latina/o Communities / Gloria González-López 103

8 Representations of Latina/o Sexuality in Popular Culture / Deborah R. Vargas 117

9 Cultural Production of Knowledge on Latina/o Sexualities / José Quiroga, Melanie López Frank 137

10 Where There's Querer: Knowledge Production and the Praxis of HIV Prevention / George Ayala, Jaime Cortez, Patrick "Pato" Hebert 150

11 Religion/Spirituality, U.S. Latina/o Communities, and Sexuality Scholarship: A Thread of Current Works / Salvador Vidal-Ortiz 173

12 Latina/o Sexualities in Motion: Latina/o Sexualities Research Agenda Project / Susana Pen̄a 188

13 Latinas, Sex Work, and Trafficking in the United States / Amalia L. Cabezas, Dolores Ortiz, Sonia Valencia 207

14 Latina Lesbianas, Bimujeres, and Trans Identities: Charting Courses in the Social Sciences / Luz Calvo, Catrióna Rueda Esquibel 217

15 Latina/o Transpopulations / Marcia Ochoa 230

16 Boundaries and Bisexuality: Reframing the Discourse on Latina/o Bisexualities / Miguel Mun̄oz-Laboy, Carmen Yon Leau 243

17 Revisiting Activos and Pasivos: Toward New Cartographies of Latino/Latin American Male Same-Sex Desire / Salvador Vidal-Ortiz, Carlos Decena, Héctor Carrillo, Tomás Almaguer 253

18 Retiring Behavioral Risk, Disease, and Deficit Models: Sexual Health Frameworks for Latino Gay Men and Other Men Who Enjoy Sex with Men / George Ayala 274.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813545998

0813545994

9780813546001

0813546001

OCLC:

291453867