Fixing Men Sex, Birth Control, and AIDS in Mexico

Name: Fixing Men Sex, Birth Control, and AIDS in Mexico
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ISBN: 9780520253308

ISBN-10: 0520253302

ISBN-13: 9780520253308

Edition: 2007

Authors: Matthew C. Gutmann

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Most studies on reproductive rights make women their focus, but inFixing Men,Matthew Gutmann illuminates what men in the Mexican state of Oaxaca say and do about contraception, sex, and AIDS. Based on extensive fieldwork, this breakthrough study by a preeminent anthropologist of men and masculinities reveals how these men and the women in their lives make decisions about birth control, how they cope with the plague of AIDS, and the contradictory healing techniques biomedical and indigenous medical practitioners employ for infertility, impotence, and infidelity. Gutmann talks with men during and after their vasectomies and discovers why some opt for sterilization while so many others feel…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 11/6/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 284
Size: 7.32" wide x 8.98" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments



Taming Men's Natural Desires in Oaxaca



The Missing Gamete: Eight Common Mistakes about Men's Sexuality



New Labyrinths of Solitude: Lonesome Men and AIDS



Frisky and Risky Men: AIDS Care in Oaxaca



Planning Men Out of Family Planning



Scoring Men: Vasectomies and the Totemic Illusion of Male Sexuality



Traditional Sexual Healing of Men



From Boardrooms to Bedrooms


Notes


Bibliography


Index