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OverviewBeing 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 writings on the construction of sexual identities, anthropologist and cultural studies scholar Roger N. Lancaster ponders four decades of visits 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 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 intervention into ongoing debates over identity politics—and a renewal of our understanding of how identities are constructed, struggled for, and lived. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Roger N. LancasterPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.499kg ISBN: 9780520397569ISBN 10: 0520397568 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 06 February 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction: When the Music Stops PART I. PREDICAMENT AND CRISIS: THE STRUGGLE FOR SELF-DETERMINATION 1. Moment of Truth 2. A Provisional Answer to the Question 3. Life’s Rich Pageant 4. Commonplaces 5. Precarious Lives PART II. AMBIENTE AND AMBIGUITY: THE STRUGGLE FOR WHAT ELUDES 6. Fable of Rapport 7. Identity and Its Discontents 8. They Lived in a Different Time from Us 9. Putos 10. Postcards from the Ambiente 11. Urban Tribes 12. A Tale of Two Cities Conclusion: The Horizons of Gay Identity Notes Bibliography IndexReviews"""For the nonspecialist, the book’s more fundamental strength lies in Lancaster’s compassion, which any ordinary reader can perceive. This compassion underpins his insistence on viewing his subjects as fully-fledged people with rich inner lives and his concomitant refusal to reduce them to political props or set pieces of gender performance. The Struggle to Be Gay reveals that the particular dilemmas of the queer scene in a particular country revolve, after all, around matters of the heart."" * Compact *" Author InformationRoger N. Lancaster is Professor of Anthropology and Cultural Studies at George Mason University. He is author of Life is Hard and Sex Panic and the Punitive State, among other books. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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