Carmen J Yon
Biographic Data
| ID | 211579 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carmen J Yon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carmen J |
| FAMILY NAME | Yon |
| SIGNATURE | YON C J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4389-0683 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The will to speak out: Medical anthropologist and patient in times of Covid-19 in Peru
Using autoethnographic research, I analyze the experience of being an oncology patient during the COVID-19 pandemic in Lima, Peru, the country with the highest number of COVID-19 deaths per million people worldwide. I reflect on my own fears and decisions related to medical treatment and work, since they organized most of my daily life and were significantly impacted by the public health emergency. These experiences were shaped by global and loca…
Latina/o Sexualities: Probing Powers, Passions, Practices, and Policies
Latina/os are currently the largest minority population in the United States. They are also one of the fastest growing. Yet, we have very limited research and understanding of their sexualities. Instead, stereotypical images flourish even though scholars have challenged the validity and narrowness of these images and the lack of attention to the larger social context. Gathering the latest empirical work in the social and behavioral sciences, this…
I Don’t Like to Say That I’m Anything”: Sexuality Politics and Cultural Critique Among Sexual-Minority Latino Youth
Bisexual desire and familism: Latino/a bisexual young men and women in New York city
Families are of critical importance for Latino communities in the USA. Familism - or the cultural value that weighs on interdependence between nuclear and extended family members for support, emotional connectedness, familial honour, loyalty and solidarity - has been demonstrated to reduce sexual health risks among heterosexual youth, yet this relationship has not been examined among Latino bisexual teenagers. In this study, we examined how famil…
Bisexual desire and familism: Latino/a bisexual young men and women in New York city
Families are of critical importance for Latino communities in the USA. Familism - or the cultural value that weighs on interdependence between nuclear and extended family members for support, emotional connectedness, familial honour, loyalty and solidarity - has been demonstrated to reduce sexual health risks among heterosexual youth, yet this relationship has not been examined among Latino bisexual teenagers. In this study, we examined how famil…
I Don’t Like to Say That I’m Anything”: Sexuality Politics and Cultural Critique Among Sexual-Minority Latino Youth
Latina/o Sexualities: Probing Powers, Passions, Practices, and Policies
Latina/os are currently the largest minority population in the United States. They are also one of the fastest growing. Yet, we have very limited research and understanding of their sexualities. Instead, stereotypical images flourish even though scholars have challenged the validity and narrowness of these images and the lack of attention to the larger social context. Gathering the latest empirical work in the social and behavioral sciences, this…
The will to speak out: Medical anthropologist and patient in times of Covid-19 in Peru
Using autoethnographic research, I analyze the experience of being an oncology patient during the COVID-19 pandemic in Lima, Peru, the country with the highest number of COVID-19 deaths per million people worldwide. I reflect on my own fears and decisions related to medical treatment and work, since they organized most of my daily life and were significantly impacted by the public health emergency. These experiences were shaped by global and loca…
Gender Studies (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Human sexuality (2 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)