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Fixing men : sex, birth control, and AIDS in Mexico / Matthew Gutmann.
De Gruyter University of California Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gutmann, Matthew C., 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Men--Sexual behavior--Mexico.
- Men.
- Men--Mexico--Attitudes.
- Sex--Mexico--Public opinion.
- Sex.
- Mexico--Public opinion.
- Mexico.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (281 p.)
- Other Title:
- Sex, birth control, and AIDS in Mexico
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Most studies on reproductive rights make women their focus, but in Fixing Men, Matthew Gutmann illuminates what men in the Mexican state of Oaxaca say and do about contraception, sex, and AIDS. Based on extensive fieldwork, this breakthrough study by a preeminent anthropologist of men and masculinities reveals how these men and the women in their lives make decisions about birth control, how they cope with the plague of AIDS, and the contradictory healing techniques biomedical and indigenous medical practitioners employ for infertility, impotence, and infidelity. Gutmann talks with men during and after their vasectomies and discovers why some opt for sterilization while so many others feel "planned out of family planning."
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Taming Men'S Natural Desires In Oaxaca
- 2. The Missing Gamete: Eight Common Mistakes About Men'S Sexuality
- 3. New Labyrinths Of Solitude: Lonesome Men And Aids
- 4. Frisky And Risky Men: Aids Care In Oaxaca
- 5. Planning Men Out Of Family Planning
- 6. Scoring Men: Vasectomies And The Totemic Illusion Of Male Sexuality
- 7. Traditional Sexual Healing Of Men
- 8. From Boardrooms To Bedrooms
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9786612772290
- 9780520941236
- 0520941233
- 9781282772298
- 1282772295
- 9781435603998
- 1435603990
- OCLC:
- 476105886
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