Queering the Public Sphere in Mexico and Brazil Sexual Rights Movements in Emerging Democracies

Name: Queering the Public Sphere in Mexico and Brazil Sexual Rights Movements in Emerging Democracies
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ISBN: 9780822347248

ISBN-10: 0822347245

ISBN-13: 9780822347248

Edition: 2010

Authors: Rafael de la Dehesa

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Queering the Public Sphere in Mexico and Brazilis a groundbreaking comparative analysis of the historical development and contemporary dynamics of LGBT activism in Latin America's two largest democracies. Rafael de la Dehesa focuses on the ways that LGBT activists have engaged with the state, particularly in alliance with political parties and through health-sector bureaucracies. He examines this engagement against the backdrop of the broader political transitions to democracy, the neoliberal transformation of statecivil society relations, and the gradual consolidation of sexual rights at the international level. His comparison highlights similarities between sexual rights movements in…

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 5/21/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 0.24" wide x 0.35" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface


Introduction: Hybrid Modernities, Modern Sexualities



Frames



On Sexual Subjects and Public Spheres



Doorways



Occupying the Partisan Field: First Door on the Left



The Limits of Liberalization: Entering the Electoral Field



Pathways



Advancing Homosexual Citizenship: Brazil's Early Turn to Legislatures



Life at the Margins: Coalition Building and Sexual Diversity in the Mexican Legislature



Brazil without Homophobia, or, A Technocratic Alternative to Political Parties


Conclusion: The Hope and Fear of Institutions


Acronyms


Notes


Bibliography


Index