ISBN:
9780789008824
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (237 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Latino Truck Driver Trade : Sex and HIV in Central America
DDC:
306.7/09728
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
What do truckers do about their sexual needs on the road?This startling and unique study examines the on-the-road sex lives of Central American truck drivers. It takes a quantitative and qualitative look at the extent of homosexuality, prostitution, drug use, and vulnerability to HIV infection among these men who operate in a strangely unique sexual culture. Latino Truck Driver Trade: Sex and HIV in Central America documents the extent of their sexual activities with both men and women as well as drug use and prostitution among this population. Honest and revealing, this valuable book uncovers
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Theory of Machismo; Honorable Machos; Sexist Machos; Always Machos; Many Forms of Machismo; Do Men Tell the Truth?; Sex and the Church; Is It True That Latin Men Are No Longer Machistas?; Chapter 2. Methodology; Chapter 3. The Place of the Mushroom Dwellings; Chapter 4. The Rolling Bubble of Glass and Steel; Chapter 5. The Long Wait from Dawn to Dusk; The Yards; Paso Canoas; Chapter 6. Sexual Discourses; The Christian Discourse; The Romantic Discourse; The Erotic Discourse
Description / Table of Contents:
The Feminist DiscourseThe Scientific Discourse; The Gender Discourse (Machismo); Chapter 7. Sexual Culture and Truckers; Interpretation Problems; Contradictions; Resistances; Compartmentalization; The Bedroom Versus the Road; Escape from Culture; Chapter 8. Bullying, or the Cult of Size; Size Matters; Admiration; The Prerogatives of Size; Does Size Confer Respect?; Chapter 9. Hypersexuality; Infidelity; Married Adventurers and the ""Second Front""; Occasional Partners; Chapter 10. Obscenity and Intoxication; Chapter 11. Venereal Diseases and Condoms; Venereal Diseases; Condoms
Description / Table of Contents:
Prevention and MasculinityChapter 12. Prostitutes; The Sex Appeal of Money; The Official Excuse; Pickup Places; From Prostitutes to Friends; Who Are the Sex Workers?; Determinants of Unsafe Sexual Practice; The Complexity of the Problem; Chapter 13. Prostitutes or Feminists?; Prostitution and Compartmentalization; The Discreet Charm of the Wanderer; Typical or Not?; Chapter 14. Homosexual Relations; A Tale of Two Cities; Homophobia; It Was the Worst of Times; It Was the Best of Times; Homosexual Practices; Stories of Sodom; Epilogue
Description / Table of Contents:
Appendix: Survey: HIV/AIDS and STD Prevention Among Central American TruckersNotes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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