Based on long-term field research carried out over more than 15 years, Beneath the Equator examines the changing shape of male homosexuality and the emergence of diverse and vibrant gay communities in urban Brazil. Drawing on detailed ethnographic description of multiple sexual worlds organized around street cruising and impersonal sex, male prostitution, transgender performances, gay commercial markets and establishments, gay rights activism and AIDS service provision, Richard Parker examines the changing sexual identities, cultures and communities that have taken shape in Brazil in recent years. Also includes 15 maps.
Autorentext
Richard Parker is Associate Professor of Public Health in the Sociomedical Sciences Division and the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University, Senior Research Scientist in the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, and the Secretary General of the Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association. He is co-editor of ConceivingSexuality(1995), published by Routledge.
Zusammenfassung
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Inhalt
1. Introduction: Beneath the Equator PART ONE: CULTURES OF DESIRE 2. Brazilian Homosexualities 3. Contours of the Urban Gay World PART TWO: LOCAL CONTEXTS / IMAGINED WORLDS 4. Dependent Development 5. Tale of Two Cities 6. Changing Places 7. Epilogue: Globalization, Sexuality, and Identity Appendix I: Informants Cited in the Text Appendix II: Gay Rights and AIDS-Service Organizations