Queering the public sphere in Mexico and Brazil
Subtitle: sexual rights movements in emerging democracies
By: Rafael de la Dehesa
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Durham [NC]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780822347071; 9780822347248
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-285) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Hybrid modernities, modern sexualities; title: On sexual subjects and public spheres; title: Occupying the partisan field : first door on the left; title: The limits of liberalization : entering the electoral field; title: Advancing homosexual citizenship : Brazil's early turn to legislatures; title: Life at the margins : coalition building and sexual diversity in the Mexican legislature; title: Brazil without homophobia, or, a technocratic alternative to political parties; title: Conclusion: The hope and fear of institutions.