Macho love : sex behind bars in Central America / Jacobo Schifter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schifter, Jacobo, author.

Series:

Haworth gay & lesbian studies Macho love

Standardized Title:

Amor de machos. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisoners--Sexual behavior--Central America.

Prisoners.

Prisoners--Health and hygiene--Central America.

Homosexuality--Central America.

Homosexuality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Macho Love: Sex Behind Bars in Central America is the first in-depth study of sexual culture and AIDS in Latin prisons. Psychologists, social workers, criminologists, and AIDS specialists will discover how the interplay of sexual ideals, prostitution, manipulation, resistance, and power relationships among prisoners and some staff are based on money, sex, drugs, and violence. Macho Love gives you a stirring and emotional look at the various risks and dangers lurking in the Latin American prison culture and discusses how Costa Rican and Central American prisons are improving the situation with

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Background: The Study and the Prisons; Information Sources; Admission; First Impact; The Scale of the Homosexual Phenomenon; Two Views of Homosexuality; Chapter 2. The Cachero and the Transvestite; Initiation; Sexual Practices; Cachero Love; Chapter 3. The Cachero and the Kid; Initiation; The Güila's Story; Changes in Sexual Practices; Chapter 4. Foxes; The Revolutionary Backside; Power and Sex; Chapter 5. Relationships of Power and Money; Prostitution Among Foxes; Rape

Chapter 6. Risk Factors in Sexual RelationshipsAlcoholism and Drug Addiction; Condom Use and Attitudes Toward Condoms; Intimacy; Chapter 7. Suggestions for Prevention; Drawbacks; The Holistic Model; Sexual Education; Accepting the Lesser Evil; Recognition of Homosexual Couples; Assistance in Detoxification; Prevention of Violence; Playing with Free Time; Microenterprises; Epilogue; Notes; Index

Notes:

First published 1999 by the Haworth Press, Inc.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-109) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-56023-966-2

1-317-76588-5

1-315-80155-8

1-317-76589-3

9781315801551

OCLC:

874151700