Most studies on reproductive rights make women their focus, but in Fixing Men, Matthew Gutmann illuminates what men in the Mexican state of Oaxaca say and do about contraception, sex, and AIDS. Based on extensive fieldwork, this breakthrough study by a preeminent anthropologist of men and masculinities reveals how these men and the women in their lives make decisions about birth control, how they cope with the plague of AIDS, and the contradictory healing techniques biomedical and indigenous medical practitioners employ for infertility, impotence, and infidelity. Gutmann talks with men during and after their vasectomies and discovers why some opt for sterilization while so many others feel "planned out of family planning."
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the Tenth Anniversary Edition -- Introduction: Gender Conventions -- I. Real Mexican Machos Are Born to Die -- 2. The Invasion of Santo Domingo -- 3. Imaginary Fathers, Genuine Fathers -- 4. Motherly Presumptions and Presumptuous Mothers -- 5. Men's Sex -- 6. Diapers and Dishes, Words and Deeds -- 7. Degendering Alcohol -- 8. Fear and Loathing in Male Violence -- 9. Machismo -- 10. Creative Contradictions -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
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The Romance of Democracy gives a unique insider perspective on contemporary Mexico by examining the meaning of democracy in the lives of working-class residents in Mexico City today. A highly absorbing and vividly detailed ethnographic study of popular politics and official subjugation, the book provides a detailed, bottom-up exploration of what men and women think about national and neighborhood democracy, what their dreams are for a better society, and how these dreams play out in their daily lives. Based on extensive fieldwork in the same neighborhood he discussed in his acclaimed book The Meanings of Macho, Matthew C. Gutmann now explores the possibilities for political and social change in the world's most populous city. In the process he provides a new perspective on many issues affecting Mexicans countrywide.
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Este artículo presenta los resultados preliminares de un estudio etnográfico sobre salud reproductiva y sexualidad masculina llevado a cabo en Oaxaca de Juárez, México. Se centra en la decisión de usar métodos anticonceptivos como la vasectomía. Demuestra la forma en que las nociones de salud y sexualidad compartidas por los grupos masculinos de Oaxaca están relacionadas con los discursos médicos y de organizaciones gubernamentales y no-gubernamentales. El autor se remite al concepto de "cultura anti-conceptuva femenina" (Viveros, 2002) para explicar la falta de participación masculina en la planificación familiar. Finalmente, el texto muestra la necesidad de problematizar la medicalización de la sexualidad masculina arguyendo una amplia perspectiva que incluye biología, política e inequidad de poder en las relaciones de género. ; This article presents the preliminary results of an ethnographic study on reproductive health and masculine sexuality carried out in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico. Specifically, it focuses on the decision-making process in the use of anticonceptive procedures such as vasectomy. The author demonstrates how notions of health and sexuality shared by Oaxacan masculine groups are related to the discourses medical commun ity, governmental and non-governmental organizations use to deal with these issues. The author refers to the concept of "anti-conceptive femenine culture" (Viveros, 2002) to explain the lack of men participation in family planning issues. This text shows the need to problematize the medicalization of masculine sexuality arguing a wider perspective that includes biology, politics and power inequality issues embedded in gender relations.
