Masculinities and Biomedical Governmentality in the Contexts of HIV Prevention and Treatment for Latinx Immigrants

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12412907
AutoresIgnacio Lozano-Verduzco (0000-0003-4194-3606, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Tlalpan, CDMX, Mexico, autor correspondente), Wendolyn Cortes (Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Tlalpan, CDMX, Mexico), Rita M Melendez (San Francisco State University), Rita Melendez (San Francisco State University, CA, USA), Violeta Concepción González (San Francisco State University), Violeta González (San Francisco State University, CA, USA)
Ano2020
Volume29
Fascículo2
Páginas194-212
Data de publicação2020-07-27
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Journal of Men s Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1060-8265 • E-ISSN: 1933-0251
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1060826520946459
OpenAlexW3046205755
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas23

In this article, we discuss notions of masculinities from an understudied group in the United States: Latinx immigrants in regards to medical services regarding HIV and AIDS. We understand this group from the result of the intersection between migration policies and binational discourses, the idea of “vulnerability” and “risk” produced by an acute biomedicalization of bodies and human groups, and gender-particularly masculinity as a discourse that governs sex. Notions were obtained from focalized individual interviews with Latinx immigrants and medical services providers in rural areas of California. Results show that notions on masculinity deploy different forms of sexual behaviors and relationships that diminish men’s responsibility around sexual health and stigmatize femininity and homosexuality. We conclude that reformulating health policies in order to recognize Latino’s vulnerability from cojuntural and intersectional conditions is of most importance

Femininity · Geography · Governmentality · Homosexuality · Immigration · Intersection (aeronautics · Masculinity · Political science · Politics · Sexual orientation · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Sex work and related issues