Just Between Us An Ethnography of Male Identity and Intimacy in Rural Communities of Northern Mexico / Guillermo Núñez Noriega.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Núñez Noriega, Guillermo.

Series:

Southwest Center series.

Southwest center series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2014

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Just Between Us, set in the context of Mexico's cultural codes, challenges norms in thinking about men's identities, their pleasures, and their sense of belonging. Author Guillermo Núñez Noriega offers a groundbreaking study that contests patriarchal concepts limiting male relationships and masculinity"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Social Regulation of Male Identity and Intimacy""; ""2. Disputes over the Meaning of “Being a Man� in Mexico: Applications of Queer Theory""; ""3. Acá Entre Nos (Just Between Us): Cultural Notions About Rajarse, the Body, and the Negotiation of Male Intimacy""; ""4. Male Intimacy and Homophobia: Different Subjectivities, Powers, and Resistances""; ""5. Acknowledging Pleasures, Deconstructing Identities: Anthropology, Patriarchy, and Homoerotic Experience in Mexico""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8165-9888-6

OCLC:

874965858