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The Struggle to Be Gay--In Mexico, for Example

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Availability:In StockContributor:Roger N. LancasterPublish date:2024-02-06Pages:280
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520397576ISBN-10:520397576UPC:9780520397576Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:LGBTQ+ Studies, Ethnic Studies, AnthropologyBook Topic:Gay Studies, Caribbean & Latin American Studies, Cultural & SocialSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SC080A9KM4
Being gay is not a given. Through a rigorous ethnographic inquiry into the material foundations of sexual identity, The Struggle to Be Gay makes a compelling argument for the centrality of social class in gay life--in Mexico, for example, and by extension in other places as well.

Known for his writings on the construction of sexual identities, anthropologist and cultural studies scholar Roger N. Lancaster ponders four decades of visits to Mexican cities. In a brisk series of reflections combining storytelling, ethnography, critique, and razor-edged polemic, he shows, first, how economic inequality affects sexual subjects and subjectivities in ways both obvious and subtle, and, second, how what it means to be de ambiente--"on the scene" or "in the life"--has metamorphosed under changing political-economic conditions. The result is a groundbreaking intervention into ongoing debates over identity politics--and a renewal of our understanding of how identities are constructed, struggled for, and lived.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520397576ISBN-10:520397576UPC:9780520397576Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:LGBTQ+ Studies, Ethnic Studies, AnthropologyBook Topic:Gay Studies, Caribbean & Latin American Studies, Cultural & SocialSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SC080A9KM4
Roger N. Lancaster is Professor of Anthropology and Cultural Studies at George Mason University. He is author of Life is Hard and Sex Panic and the Punitive State, among other books.
Publisher: University of California Press

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