Latina/o Sexualities: Probing Powers, Passions, Practices, and Policies

by Marysol Asencio (Editor), Tom?s Almaguer (Contribution by), Miguel Munoz-Laboy (Contribution by), Katie Acosta (Contribution by), Ram=n GutiTrrez (Contribution by)

Overview

Situated at the juncture of Latina/o studies and sexualities studies, the contributors toLatina/o Sexualities synthesize and critique the literature and carve a separate space where issues of Latina/o sexualities can be explored given the limitations of prevalent research models. This work compels the current wave in sexuality studies to be more inclusive of ethnic minorities and sets an agenda that policy makers and researchers will find invaluable.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813548227
Publisher:	Rutgers University Press
Publication date:	10/26/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	390
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Marysol Asencio is an associate professor of Puerto Rican and Latinostudies and human development and family studies at the University of Connecticut. She is author of Sex and Sexuality among New York's Puerto Rican Youth.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: Mapping Latina/o Sexualities Research and Scholarship Marysol Asencio Katie Acosta 1

1 A History of Latina/o Sexualities Ramón A. Gutiérrez 13

2 Making Sex Matter: Histories of Latina/o Sexualities, 1898 to 1965 Pablo Mitchell 38

3 Latina/o Childhood Sexuality Sonya Grant Arreola 48

4 Latina/o Parent-Adolescent Communication about Sexuality: An Interdisciplinary Literature Review Laura F. Romo Erum Nadeem Claudia Kouyoumdjian 62

5 Sexual Health of Latina/o Populations in the United States Sandra Arévalo Hortensia Amaro 75

6 Latina/o Sex Policy Elena R. Gutiérrez 90

7 Heterosexuality Exposed: Some Feminist Sociological Reflections on Heterosexual Sex and Romance in U.S. Latina/o Communities Gloria González-López 103

8 Representations of Latina/o Sexuality in Popular Culture Deborah R. Vargas 117

9 Cultural Production of Knowledge on Latina/o Sexualities José Quiroga Melanie López Frank 137

10 Where There's Querer: Knowledge Production and the Praxis of HIV Prevention George Ayala Jaime Cortez Patrick "Pato" Hebert 150

11 Religion/Spirituality, U.S. Latina/o Communities, and Sexuality Scholarship: A Thread of Current Works Salvador Vidal-Ortiz 173

12 Latina/o Sexualities in Motion: Latina/o Sexualities Research Agenda Project Susana Pe&nmacr;a 188

13 Latinas, Sex Work, and Trafficking in the United States Amalia L. Cabezas Dolores Ortiz Sonia Valencia 207

14 Latina Lesbianas, Bimujeres, and Trans Identities: Charting Courses in the Social Sciences Luz Calvo Catrióna Rueda Esquibel 217

15 Latina/o Transpopulations MarciaOchoa 230

16 Boundaries and Bisexuality: Reframing the Discourse on Latina/o Bisexualities Miguel Mu&nmacr;oz-Laboy Carmen Yon Leau 243

17 Revisiting Activos and Pasivos: Toward New Cartographies of Latino/Latin American Male Same-Sex Desire Salvador Vidal-Ortiz Carlos Decena Héctor Carrillo Tomás Almaguer 253

18 Retiring Behavioral Risk, Disease, and Deficit Models: Sexual Health Frameworks for Latino Gay Men and Other Men Who Enjoy Sex with Men George Ayala 274

Epilogue: Rethinking the Maps Where "Latina/o" and "Sexuality" Meet Carlos Decena 279

Notes 287

Contributors 355

Index 363

Editorial Reviews

"Two groundbreaking, indispensable guides for serious scholars of sexualities who wish to understand both the heterogeneous sexualities of African Americans and Latinos as well as how greater attention to race, ethnicity, class and culture provides important new directions for the field."

author of Black Sexual Politics - Patricia Hill Collins

"A pathbreaking contribution and the definite resource for interdisciplinary scholars in the growing field of Latino sexualities. A highly sophisticated intervention that fills the existing void of empirical research in this area, while drawing from and critically engaging with the social and behavioral science literature. This volume will forever challenge us to rethink the categories, methods and approaches scholars use in this rapidly developing field of study."

author of Latino Spin: Public Image and the Whitewashing of Race - Arlene Dávila

"Latina/o Sexualities is a brilliant collection that provides groundbreaking analyses of the myriad connections between sexuality and race."

Michigan State University - Maxine Baca Zinn

"Filled with provocative arguments and illuminating insights, Latina/o Sexualities marks a new and exciting epoch in the study of human sexuality and its interactions with race and class; a must-read for scholars and students of ethnic studies and human sexuality."

Cesar E. Chavez Institute, San Francisco State University - Rafael Díaz

"A pathbreaking contribution and the definite resource for interdisciplinary scholars in the growing field of Latino sexualities. A highly sophisticated intervention that fills the existing void of empirical research in this area, while drawing from and critically engaging with the social and behavioral science literature. This volume will forever challenge us to rethink the categories, methods and approaches scholars use in this rapidly developing field of study."

author of Latino Spin: Public Image and the Whitewashing of Race - Arlene Dávila

"Filled with provocative arguments and illuminating insights, Latina/o Sexualities marks a new and exciting epoch in the study of human sexuality and its interactions with race and class; a must-read for scholars and students of ethnic studies and human sexuality."

Cesar E. Chavez Institute, San Francisco State University - Rafael Díaz

"Two groundbreaking, indispensable guides for serious scholars of sexualities who wish to understand both the heterogeneous sexualities of African Americans and Latinos as well as how greater attention to race, ethnicity, class and culture provides important new directions for the field."

From the Publisher

"Latina/o Sexualities is a brilliant collection that provides groundbreaking analyses of the myriad connections between sexuality and race."

— Maxine Baca Zinn

Michigan State University