Conceiving sexuality ; approaches to sex research in a postmodern world PDF
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Conceiving Sexuality This page intentionally left blank: Co n ce ivii n 9 Sex u a I ity Approaches to Sex Research in a Postmodern World Edited by Richard G. Parkera ndJ ohn H. Gagnon Routledge New York and London Publishedi n 1995 by Roudedge 270 MadisonA ve, NewY ork NY 10016 Publishedi n GreatB ritain in 1995 by Roudedge 2 Park SquareM, ilton Park, Abingdon, axon,O X14 4RN Transferredt o Digital Printing 2010 Copyright © 1995 by Roudedge All rights reserved.N o part of this book may be reprintedo r reproducedo r utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical,o r other means,n ow known or hereafteri nvented,i ncluding photocopying and recording, or in any information storageo r retrieval systemw ithout permissioni n writing from the publishers. Library of CongressC ataloging-in-PublicationDs ata ConceivingS exuality: approachesto sex researchin a postmodernw orld / edited by Richard G. Parkera ndJ ohn H. Gagnon p. cm. Includes bibliographicalr eferences. ISBN 0-415-90927-9- ISBN 0-415-90928-7( pbk.) 1. Sexology-Research. I. Parker, Richard G. (Richard Guy). II. Gagnon,J ohn H. HQ60.C66 1994 306.7'072--clc20 94-17761 CIP Publisher's Note The publisherh as gone to greatl engthst o ensuret he quality of this reprint but points out that somei mperfectionsi n the original may be apparent. For Vagner de Almeida and Cathy Stein Greenblat This page intentionally left blank: Contents Acknowledgments ix INTRODUCTION ConceivingS exuality 3 John H. Gagnona nd Richard G. Parker Part One: HISTORIES OF DESIRE 1 La misee n discoursa ndS ilencesi n Researcho n 19 the History of Sexuality Karin Liitzen 2 History, Desire, andI dentities 33 Jeffrey Weeks 3 FramingP referencesF, ramingD ifferences 51 Inventing Amsterdam as a Gay Capital Mattias Duyves Part Two: GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND IDENTITY 4 Bisexuality 69 Toward a Comparative Theory of Identities and Culture Gilbert Herdt and Andrew Boxer 5 From Bakla to Gay 85 Shifting Gender Identities and Sexual Behaviors in the Philippines Michael L. Tan 6 Political Sexualities 97 Meanings and Identities in the Time of AIDS Dennis Altman Part Three: GENDER POWER 7 Violence, Sexuality,a ndW omen'sL ives 109 Lori L. Heise 8 ''fhat We ShouldA ll Turn Queer?" Homosexual Stigma in the Making of Manhood and the 135 Breaking of a Revolution in Nicaragua RogerN . Lancaster [viii] Contents 9 Meaningsa ndC onsequenceosf Sexual-EconomicE xchange 157 Gender, Poverty and Sexual Risk Behavior in Urban Haiti Barbarad e Zalduondoa ndJ eanM axius Bernard Part Four: SOCIAL AND SEXUAL NETWORKS 10 A SociologicalP erspectiveo n SexualA ction 183 Edward 0. Laumann,J ohn H. Gagnon 11 Networksa ndS ex 215 The Use of Social Networks as Method and Substancein Researching Gay Men's Responseto HIV/AIDS Anthony PM. Coxon 12 Patternso f SexualB ehavioro f High Risk Populationsa ndt he 235 Implicationsf or STDs andH IV / AIDS Transmissionin Nigeria I. O. Orubuloye Part Five: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF SEXUAL RISK 13 The Constructiono f Risk in AIDS Control Programs 249 TheoreticalB asesa nd PopularR esponses Carl Kendall 14 Women'sL ives andS ex 259 Implicationsf or AIDS Prevention GeetaR ao Gupta and EllenW eiss AFTERWORD 15 Culture, Structure,a ndC hange 273 Sex Researcha fter Modernity Shirley Lindenbaum Contributors 279 Bibliography 281 Acknowledgments THIS BOOK WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE without the contributiono f a wide range of individuals and institutions. It brings togethera set of papers originally preparedf or a conferenceo n InternationalP erspectivesin Sexual BehaviorR esearch,w hich was organizedb y the Working Group on Sexual Behavior Researcho f the AIDS and ReproductiveH ealth Network and held in Rio de Janeiroi n April of 1993. This meetingw as made possible through the support of the John D. and CatherineT . MacArthur Foundation,t he Ford Foundation,a nd the RockefellerF oundation,a nd we would particularly like to thank Stuart Burden and CarmenB arroso at MacArthur, JoseB arzelatto,M argaret Hempel, and Marjorie Muecke at Ford, andJ aneH ughesa nd Seth Berkley at Rockefellerf or their commit- ment to work on gendera nd sexuality. Special thanks to JonathanM ann of the Harvard School of Public Health, who played a key role in the concep- tualization and creationo f the ARHN Working Group on SexualB ehavior Research.S pecial thanks, also, to PamelaG illies, Cathy Stein Greenblat, PurnimaM ane, and Vera Paiva for the key contributionst hat they made both to the conferencea s well as to the Working Group over the courseo f its first phaseo f activities, and to SusanaA lvino and Lilia Rossif or their assis- tencei n preparingt he manuscript.
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