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

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12412907
AutoresIgnacio Lozano-Verduzco (0000-0003-4194-3606, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Tlalpan, CDMX, Mexico, autor de correspondencia), 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)
Año2020
Volumen29
Número2
Páginas194-212
Fecha de publicación2020-07-27
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of Men s Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1060-8265 • E-ISSN: 1933-0251
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1060826520946459
OpenAlexW3046205755
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias 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

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