Between Same-Sex Marriage, Convivencia , and Polyamory
A New Cartography of Queer Relationships in Mexico City
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21055733 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Russo Garrido (0000-0002-1137-3916, Metropolitan State University of Denver, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 127-149 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0097-9740 • E-ISSN: 1545-6943 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/709216 |
| OpenAlex | W3083919540 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 16 |
Ethnographic studies on same-sex sexuality in Mexico and Latin America have predominantly paid attention to gendered and sexual subject formation, offering a critique of Western narratives on sexual object choice. Less attention, though, has been paid to subjects’ relations, which have been central to queer politics in Mexico City since 2000 through public debates on Sociedades de Convivencia, same-sex marriage, and polyamory. This article investigates the transformation of intimacy in the lives of women as sexual citizenship is being redefined in Mexico. I suggest that women participating in queer spaces negotiate new cartographies of intimate relationships, in which new terms inscribing the terrain, such as marriage, convivencia, and polyamory, circulate. In the process, individuals negotiate these new relationships not only with their partner(s) but also with their communities, transnational discourses, and the state. This article draws on ethnographic fieldwork undertaken since 2009, including forty interviews with women (cisgender and two trans) taking part in lesbian spaces, participant observation, and a review of newspapers of record. The article investigates how women in Mexico City are negotiating new cartographies of intimate relationships and questioning heteronormativity and mononormativity in the process
Citizenship · Ethnography · Heteronormativity · Human sexuality · Latin Americans · Lesbian · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Queer · Social science · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Marriage and Sexual Relationships
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| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |