Fixing Men

Sex, Birth Control, and AIDS in Mexico

Matthew C. Gutmann

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University of California Press
06 November 2007

Birth control, contraception, family planning

"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."""

By: Matthew C. Gutmann
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9780520253308
ISBN 10: 0520253302
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 06 November 2007
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Taming Men's Natural Desires in Oaxaca 2. The Missing Gamete: Eight Common Mistakes about Men's Sexuality 3. New Labyrinths of Solitude: Lonesome Men and AIDS 4. Frisky and Risky Men: AIDS Care in Oaxaca 5. Planning Men Out of Family Planning 6. Scoring Men: Vasectomies and the Totemic Illusion of Male Sexuality 7. Traditional Sexual Healing of Men 8. From Boardrooms to Bedrooms Notes Bibliography Index

Matthew Gutmann is Professor of Anthropology, Ethnic Studies, and Latin American Studies at Brown University and is the author of The Meanings of Macho: Being a Man in Mexico City (Tenth Anniversary edition, 2006) and The Romance of Democracy: Compliant Defiance in Contemporary Mexico (2002), both from UC Press.

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Fixing Men

Sex, Birth Control, and AIDS in Mexico

Matthew C. Gutmann

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