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  • Streets, Bedrooms, and Patios

    The Ordinariness of Diversity in Urban Oaxaca

    by Michael James Higgins, Tanya L. Coen ...
    Diversity characterizes the people of Oaxaca, Mexico. Within this city of half a million, residents are rising against traditional barriers of race and class, defining new gender roles, and expanding access for the disabled. In this rich ethnography of the city, Michael Higgins and Tanya Coen explore how these activities fit into the ordinary daily lives of the people of Oaxaca.Higgins and Coen ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

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  • Economies of Desire

    Sex and Tourism in Cuba and the Dominican Republic

    by Amalia L. Cabezas ...
    Is a native-born tour guide who has sex with tourists—in exchange for dinner or gifts or cash—merely a prostitute or gigolo? What if the tourist continues to send gifts or money to the tour guide after returning home? As this original and provocative book demonstrates, when it comes to sex—and the effects of capitalism and globalization—nothing is as simple as it might seem.Based on ten years of ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Hijas Americanas

    Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina

    by Rosie Molinary ...
    In Hijas Americanas, author Rosie Molinary sheds new light on what it means to grow up Latina. Drawing upon her own experiences, as well as interviews and surveys collected from more than 500 Latina women, Molinary provides a powerful understanding of the inner conflicts and powerful triumphs of Latinas. The women profiled in this book are Caribbean, Mexican, Central American, and South American. ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Meanings of Macho

    Being a Man in Mexico City

    by Matthew C. Gutmann ...
    Series Book 3 - Men and Masculinity
    In this compelling study of machismo in Mexico City, Matthew Gutmann overturns many stereotypes of male culture in Mexico and offers a sensitive and often surprising look at how Mexican men see themselves, parent their children, relate to women, and talk about sex. This tenth anniversary edition features a new preface that updates the stories of the book's key protagonists. ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Rebel Dance, Renegade Stance

    Timba Music and Black Identity in Cuba

    by Umi Vaughan ...
    Rebel Dance, Renegade Stanceshows how community music-makers and dancers take in all that is around them socially and globally, and publicly and bodily unfold their memories, sentiments, and raw responses within open spaces designated or commandeered for local popular dance. Umi Vaughan, an African American anthropologist, musician, dancer, and photographer "plantao" in Cuba—planted, living like a ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Black Women against the Land Grab

    The Fight for Racial Justice in Brazil

    by Keisha-Khan Y. Perry ...
    In Brazil and throughout the African diaspora, black women, especially poor black women, are rarely considered leaders of social movements let alone political theorists. But in the northeastern city of Salvador, Brazil, it is these very women who determine how urban policies are established. Focusing on the Gamboa de Baixo neighborhood in Salvador’s city center, Black Women against the Land Grab ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Divided by Borders

    Mexican Migrants and Their Children

    by Joanna Dreby ...
    Since 2000, approximately 440,000 Mexicans have migrated to the United States every year. Tens of thousands have left children behind in Mexico to do so. For these parents, migration is a sacrifice. What do parents expect to accomplish by dividing their families across borders? How do families manage when they are living apart? More importantly, do parents' relocations yield the intended results? ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • iVenceremos?

    The Erotics of Black Self-making in Cuba

    by Jafari Sinclaire Allen ...
    Series series Perverse modernities
    Promoting the revolutionary socialist project of equality and dignity for all, the slogan ¡Venceremos! (We shall overcome!) appears throughout Cuba, everywhere from newspapers to school murals to nightclubs. Yet the accomplishments of the Cuban state are belied by the marginalization of blacks, the prejudice against sexual minorities, and gender inequities. ¡Venceremos? is a groundbreaking ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • The Anti-Black City

    Police Terror and Black Urban Life in Brazil

    by Jaime Amparo Alves ...
    An important new ethnographic study of São Paulo’s favelas revealing the widespread use of race-based police repression in BrazilWhile Black Lives Matter still resonates in the United States, the movement has also become a potent rallying call worldwide, with harsh police tactics and repressive state policies often breaking racial lines. In The Anti-Black City, Jaime Amparo Alves delves into the ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Pathways of Desire

    The Sexual Migration of Mexican Gay Men

    by Héctor Carrillo ...
    With Pathways of Desire, Héctor Carrillo brings us into the lives of Mexican gay men who have left their home country to pursue greater sexual autonomy and sexual freedom in the United States. The groundbreaking ethnographic study brings our attention to the full arc of these men’s migration experiences, from their upbringing in Mexican cities and towns, to their cross-border journeys, to their ... Read more

    $27.39 USD

  • Black American Men and Brazilian Women

    by Neil Turner ...
    Recently, there is an increase in discussion and debate concerning cross-cultural and ethno-cultural relationships. Topics such as social institutions, demographic trends, beliefs, values and cultural traditions have become important to this research. Social evolutionary scholars are guiding much of this work but cultural dimensions are of less interest. This book provides the cultural perspective ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tourist Attractions

    Performing Race & Masculinity in Brazil's Sexual Economy

    by Gregory Mitchell ...
    While much attention has been paid in recent years to heterosexual prostitution and sex tourism in Brazil, gay sex tourism has been almost completely overlooked. In Tourist Attractions, Gregory C. Mitchell presents a pioneering ethnography that focuses on the personal lives and identities of male sex workers who occupy a variety of roles in Brazil's sexual economy.Mitchell takes us into the bath ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus