De Los Otros: Intimacy and Homosexuality Among Mexican Men
wIinner of the 1996 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Studies\ A detailed description of sexual practices and bonds among Latino males in Guadalajara, Mexico using a combination of ethnographic techniques and participant observations.\ \ Carrier's long-awaited study of same-sex relations between men in Mexico brings together 25 years of field ethnography, observation, and insight . . . An extraordinary chronicle of male/male eroticism and complex social and sexual relations . . ....
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A detailed description of sexual practices and bonds among Latino males in Guadalajara, Mexico using a combination of ethnographic techniques and participant observations. Gilbert Herdt Carrier's long-awaited study of same-sex relations between men in Mexico brings together 25 years of field ethnography, observation, and insight . . . An extraordinary chronicle of male/male eroticism and complex social and sexual relations . . . Demonstrates the power of the anthropological method and the humility and genius of lived experience in a sexual culture.This is Carrier's triumph.It is a deeply moving study.
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPt. 1Sex Between Men in Guadalajara and Northwestern Mexico1Sex Roles, Family Life, and Homosexuality: The Sociocultural Background32The Guadalajara Field Study223Smaller Studies: Hermosillo, Los Mochis, Tuxpan, Mazatlan and Culiacan, and a Guadalajara Barrio62Pt. 2Four ProfilesConclusions188Appendix: Small-Scale Interview Surveys203References225Index229
\ Gilbert HerdtCarrier's long-awaited study of same-sex relations between men in Mexico brings together 25 years of field ethnography, observation, and insight . . . An extraordinary chronicle of male/male eroticism and complex social and sexual relations . . . Demonstrates the power of the anthropological method and the humility and genius of lived experience in a sexual culture.This is Carrier's triumph.It is a deeply moving study.\ \ \ \ \ BooknewsAnthropologist Carrier summarizes the socio-cultural background of sex roles, family life, and homosexuality among Mexican men, then describes anecdotally the gay culture in Guadalajara and northwestern Mexico based on visits and interviews in 1970-71 and in the 1980s. He also profiles the lives of four men (whose names are changed and phone numbers are wrong). Draws on research for his 1972 doctoral dissertation for the University of California at Davis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
