05486nam 2201105Ia 450 991078331890332120230207223559.01-282-35512-097866123551270-520-93613-21-59875-528-510.1525/9780520936133(CKB)1000000000030681(EBL)231912(OCoLC)475938212(SSID)ssj0000149010(PQKBManifestationID)11154411(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000149010(PQKBWorkID)10238124(PQKB)11595373(MiAaPQ)EBC231912(OCoLC)60312066(MdBmJHUP)muse30806(DE-B1597)520360(OCoLC)671279671(DE-B1597)9780520936133(Au-PeEL)EBL231912(CaPaEBR)ebr10079967(CaONFJC)MIL235512(EXLCZ)99100000000003068120041008d2005 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrErotic journeys[electronic resource] Mexican immigrants and their sex lives /Gloria González-LópezBerkeley University of California Press20051 online resource (333 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-23139-2 0-520-23083-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. Twice Forgotten: The Sex Lives Of Heterosexual Mexicans In The United States --2. Beyond The Hymen: Women, Virginity, And Sex --3. Pleasurable Dangers, Dangerous Pleasures: Men And Their First Sexual Experience --4. Sex Is A Family Affair: Nurturing And Regulating Sexuality --5. Sex And The Immigrant Communities: Risky Opportunities, Opportune Risks --6. Sexual Discourses And Cultures In The Barrio: Networking --7. Sexual Bargains: Work, Money, And Power --8. Gendered Tapestries: Sexuality Threads Of Migrant Sexualities --Appendix A. Study Participants --Appendix B. Methodological Considerations --Notes --References --IndexErotic Journeys is a fascinating, revealing, and respectful examination of the romantic relationships and sex lives of the fastest-growing minority group in the nation. In a series of in-depth interviews, Gloria González-López investigates the ways in which sixty heterosexual Mexican women and men living in Los Angeles reinvent their sex lives as part of their immigration and settlement experiences. Defying a broad spectrum of preconceived notions, these immigrants confirm in their vivid narratives that sexuality-far from being culturally determined-is fluid and complex. González-López explains that these Mexicans enter the United States with particular sexual ideologies and practices that, while diverse, are regulated by family ethics and regional patriarchies. After migration, a range of factors-including employment, the risks and dangers of resettlement, social networking with other immigrants, and the new demands of a fast-paced industrialized metropolis-begin to transform the immigrants' intimate lives in deep and unexpected ways. The remarkably candid interviews show that these men and women are skillful negotiating agents of their own sexuality. The author's incisive analysis of their narratives sets the stage for a nuanced and compelling understanding of this complex topic and its many social implications.Mexican AmericansSexual behaviorCaliforniaLos AngelesImmigrantsSexual behaviorCaliforniaLos AngelesMexican AmericansCaliforniaLos AngelesSocial conditionsImmigrantsCaliforniaLos AngelesSocial conditionsSexSocial aspectsCaliforniaLos AngelesLos Angeles (Calif.)Social conditionsLos Angeles (Calif.)Ethnic relationsdiscussion books.erotic nonfiction.heterosexuality.immigration issues.immigration.intimate lives.latin american studies.los angeles.mexican immigrants.mexican men.mexican women.mexico.migrant experience.nonfiction.personal interviews.personal journeys.political issues.romantic relationships.settlement experiences.sex and romance.sex lives.sex.sexual ideologies.sexual practices.sexuality.sexy.social relationships.united states.us minorities.Mexican AmericansSexual behaviorImmigrantsSexual behaviorMexican AmericansSocial conditions.ImmigrantsSocial conditions.SexSocial aspects306.7/089/68720794González-López Gloria1960-1506267MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783318903321Erotic journeys3796872UNINA