Beneath the Equator: Cultures of Desire, Male Homosexuality, and Emerging Gay Communities in Brazil; TravestÃŁ: Sex, Gender and Culture among Brazilian Transgendered Prostitutes
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SEXUAL CULTURES OF 20 TH - CENTURY BRAZIL Course Syllabus
Course Aims and Objectives This course aims to provide a broad introduction to the diverse “sexual cultures” – that is, practices, identities, and communities linked to sexuality – which have inhabited 20-century Brazil. Drawing from anthropological and historical texts, we will cover a range of sexual cultures (including Brazil’s emergent lesbian and gay communities, transgendered travestí, se...
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