The Struggle to Be Gay
Author | : Roger N. Lancaster |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2023 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780520397569 |
ISBN-13 | : 0520397568 |
Rating | : 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Struggle to Be Gay written by Roger N. Lancaster and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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 books and essays on the construction of sexual identities, anthropologist and cultural studies scholar Roger Lancaster ponders four decades of visits and returns 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 both from the outside and within, 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 theoretical intervention into ongoing debates over identity politics-and a renewal of our understanding of how identities are constructed, struggled for, and lived"--