Sexuality and politics in Latin America: An outline for discussion

MARIO PECHENY; RAFAEL DE LA DEHESA

Sexuality and Politics: Regional Dialogues from the Global South

Sexuality Policy Watch ABIA

Lugar: Rio de Janeiro; Año: 2015; p. 96 - 135

Pecheny and de la Dehesa emphasize the depth and breadth of transformations resulting from contemporary sexual politics in Latin America in the context of the processes of formal political democratization that swept the region since the 1980s, the effects of the HIV epidemic, and the transnationalization of discourses on rights, gender, sexuality, and reproduction. The authors remind us that these recent changes must be situated in relation to longer arcs of history and processes of state formation, briefly tracing the imbrication of gender, sexuality, race, and ethnicity with normative projects and political dynamics since the wars of independence in the 19th century. They then locate contemporary sexual politics in relation to some key features of Latin American polities, including various projects of modernization, the persistence of political clientelism in formally democratic contexts, and the consequent blurring between private and public spheres that plagues policy formation and political institutions.Nota: no encontré el ISBN...