Latina/O Sexualities: Probing Powers, Passions, Practices, and Policies - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0813545994 ISBN 13: 9780813545998

Casa editrice: Rutgers Univ Pr, 2009

Riassunto

Latina/os are currently the largest minority population in the United States. They are also one of the fastest growing. Yet, we have very limited research and understanding of their sexualities. Instead, stereotypical images flourish even though scholars have challenged the validity and narrowness of these images and the lack of attention to the larger social context. Gathering the latest empirical work in the social and behavioral sciences, this reader offers us a critical lens through which to understand these images and the social context framing Latina/os and their sexualities.

Situated at the juncture of Latina/o studies and sexualities studies, Latina/o Sexualities provides a single resource that addresses the current state of knowledge from a multidisciplinary perspective. Contributors 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.

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L'autore:

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.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Rutgers Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0813545994
• ISBN 13: 9780813545998
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 376
• Redattore: Asencio Marysol