Migrations, sexualities and transnational imaginaries: Peruvian women in Buenos Aires and mexican men in Chicago
This article analyzes imaginaries and rumors about the sexual life of migrants that circulate in transnational communities, through a qualitative approach on Mexican men in Chicago (United States) and Peruvian women in Buenos Aires (Argentina). The findings suggest that in contemporary Latin America...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/135343 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/135343 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | LATIN AMERICA MIGRATION SEXUALITY TRANSNATIONAL IMAGINARIES AND RUMORS https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.4 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5 |
| Sumario: | This article analyzes imaginaries and rumors about the sexual life of migrants that circulate in transnational communities, through a qualitative approach on Mexican men in Chicago (United States) and Peruvian women in Buenos Aires (Argentina). The findings suggest that in contemporary Latin American mobilities, transnational imaginaries and rumors are the product of tensions between social transformation and control. They express concerns about the possibility of transgressing the limits imposed by the heteropatriarchal organization of sexuality and gender, and by racial constructs and class structure. |
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