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    Latina/o Sexualities
    Probing Powers, Passions, Practices, and Policies

    Marysol Asencio (Edited by), Miguel Muñoz-Laboy (Contributions by), Katie Acosta (Contributions by), Ramón Gutiérrez (Contributions by), Pablo Mitchell (Contributions by), Sonya Arreola (Contributions by), Laura Romo (Contributions by), Erum Nadeem (Contributions by), Claudia Kouyoumdjian (Contributions by), Sandra Arévalo (Contributions by), Mariana Gerena (Contributions by), Hortensia Amaro (Contributions by), Elena R. Gutiérrez (Contributions by), Gloria González-López (Contributions by), Deborah Vargas (Contributions by), José Quiroga (Contributions by), Melanie Frank (Contributions by), George Ayala (Contributions by), Jaime Cortez (Contributions by), Patrick "Pato" Hebert (Contributions by), Salvador Vidal-Ortiz (Contributions by), Susana Peña (Contributions by), Amalia Cabezas (Contributions by), Dolores Ortiz (Contributions by), Sonia Valencia (Contributions by), Luz Calvo (Contributions by), Catriona Esquibel (Contributions by), Marcia Ochoa (Contributions by), Carmen Yon (Contributions by), Carlos Decena (Contributions by), Héctor Carrillo (Contributions by), Tomâs Almaguer (Contributions by)

    9780813546001

    Paperback / softback, published 26 October 2009

    390 pages, 16 illustrations. 16 illustrations and tables
    23.5 x 15.6 x 2.8 cm, 0.652 kg

    "Latina/o Sexualities is a brilliant collection that provides groundbreaking analyses of the myriad connections between sexuality and race."
    - Maxine Baca Zinn (Michigan State University)
    "Filled with provocative arguments and illuminating insights, Latina/o Sexualities marks a new and exciting epoch in the study of human sexuality and its interactions with race and class; a must-read for scholars and students of ethnic studies and human sexuality."
    - Rafael Díaz (Cesar E. Chavez Institute, San Francisco State University)
    "A pathbreaking contribution and the definite resource for interdisciplinary scholars in the growing field of Latino sexualities. A highly sophisticated intervention that fills the existing void of empirical research in this area, while drawing from and critically engaging with the social and behavioral science literature. This volume will forever challenge us to rethink the categories, methods and approaches scholars use in this rapidly developing field of study."
    - Arlene Dávila (author of Latino Spin: Public Image and the Whitewashing of Race)
    "Two groundbreaking, indispensable guides for serious scholars of sexualities who wish to understand both the heterogeneous sexualities of African Americans and Latinos as well as how greater attention to race, ethnicity, class and culture provides important new directions for the field."
    - Patricia Hill Collins (author of Black Sexual Politics)

    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.

    Introduction, by Marysol Asencio and Katie Acosta
    A History of Latina/o Sexualities, by RamÓ
    n A. GutiÉ
    rrez
    Making Sex Matter, by Pablo Mitchell
    Latina/o Childhood Sexuality, by Sonya Grant  Arreola
    Latina/o Parent-Adolescent Communication about Sexuality, by Laura F. Romo, Erum Nadeem, and Claudia Kouyoumdjian
    Sexual Health of Latina/o Populations in the United States, by Sandra ArÉ
    valo, Mariana Gerena, and Hortensia Amaro
    Latina/o Sex Policy, by Elena R. GutiÉ
    rrez
    Heterosexuality Exposed, by Gloria GonzÁ
    lez-LÓ
    pez
    Representations of Latina/o Sexuality in Popular Culture, by Deborah R. Vargas
    Cultural Production of Knowledge on Latina/o Sexualities, by JosÉ
    Quiroga and Melanie LÓ
    pez Frank
    Where There's Querer, by George Ayala, Jaime Cortez,and Patrick "
    Pato"
    Hebert
    Religion/Spirituality, U.S. Latina/o Communities, and Sexuality Scholarship, by Salvador Vidal-Ortiz
    Latina/o Sexualities in Motion, by Susana PeÑ
    a
    Latinas, Sex Work, and Trafficking in the United States, by Amalia L. Cabezas, Dolores Ortiz, and Sonia Valencia
    Latina Lesbians, BiMujeres, and Trans Identities, by Luz Calvo and Catriona Rueda Esquibel
    Latina/o Transpopulations, by Marcia Ochoa
    Boundaries and Bisexuality, by Miguel Munoz-Laboy and Carmen Yon
    Revisiting Activos and Pasivos, by Salvador Vidal-Ortiz, Carlos Decena, HÉ
    ctor Carrillo, and TomÁ
    s Almaguer
    Retiring Behavioral Risk, Disease, and Deficit Models in Favor of SexualHealth Frameworks for Latino Gay Men and Other Men Who Enjoy Sex with Men, by George Ayala
    Epilogue, by Carlos Decena

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