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

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

Lancaster, Roger N.

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AnthropologyGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesGLBTQIA Studies

ISBN10: 0520397568
ISBN13: 9780520397569
Publisher: Univ Of California Pr
Published: Feb 6 2024
Pages: 280
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.80 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
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.

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