De Los Otros: Intimacy and Homosexuality Among Mexican Men

by Joseph Carrier

Overview

A detailed description of sexual practices and bonds among Latino males in Guadalajara, Mexico using a combination of ethnographic techniques and participant observations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231096928
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	10/26/1995
Series:	Between Men - between Women Series
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Joseph Carrier received a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of California-Irvine and has worked as a consultant to a variety of California public agencies, most recently the Orange County Department of Health.

What People are Saying About This

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.

— Gilbert Herdt, University of Chicago

Editorial Reviews

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.

Gilbert Herdt

Anthropologist 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)

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