The Night Is Young: Sexuality in Mexico in the Time of AIDS

by Hector Carrillo

Book Overview

The Night Is Young takes us past the stereotypes of macho hombres and dark-eyed se oritas to reveal the complex nature of sexuality in modern-day Mexico. Drawing on field research conducted in Guadalajara, Mexico's second-largest city, H ctor Carrillo shows how modernization, globalization, and other social changes have affected a wide range of hetero- and homosexual practices and identities.

Carrillo finds that young Mexicans today...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226093034
• ISBN13: 9780226093031
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 379 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.0"