Gender relations and masculinity in northern Chile mining areas

Ethnography in Schoperías

Bibliographic Data

ID2631825
AuthorsJaime Barrientos-Delgado (0000-0001-8497-3552, Universidad Católica del Norte, corresponding author), Jaime Barrientos Delgado (0000-0002-3054-0740, Universidad Católica del Norte), Paulina Salinas Meruane (Universidad Católica del Norte), Pablo Rojas Varas (Universidad Católica del Norte), Patricio Meza Opazo (Universidad Católica del Norte)
Year2011
Volume15 (3)
Issue15 (3
Pages413-440
Publication date2011-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEtnografica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0873-6561 • E-ISSN: 2182-2891
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/etnografica.1013
OpenAlexW2103698366
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited35

This paper deals with an ethnography aimed at describing and ­understanding the gendered organization of schopería life and masculinity in northern Chile. Schoperías are characterized physically and socially and the effects these ­premises have on gender relations and masculinity assigned to them by waitresses and clients are studied. Schoperías are beer halls, mainly for men, ­served by women, located in cities near copper mines in Chile. They are strongly ­gendered and classed places. Schoperías are reference scenarios for men and their performance; they are premises that privilege masculine socialization and heterosexual ­hegemonic masculine performance. Paradoxically, they are at the same time unique places where male friendship and complicity take place, allowing homosociability and the expression of a certain type of affection and feelings among men

Affection · Complicity · Ethnography · Feeling · Friendship · Hegemonic masculinity · Masculinity · Political science · Social science · Socialization · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Indigenous Cultures and History · Law · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology · Urban and sociocultural dynamics

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