Gender, Sexuality and Life Course: Research and Dialogues over Contemporary Social Transformations

Based on ethnographic research carried out in diverse Latin American contexts, "Gender, Sexuality and Life Course: Research and Dialogues over Contemporary Social Transformations" offers a complex picture of the intersection of life stages and the social markers of class, gender and sexuality; a topic that has garnered much attention in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico over recent years.

This volume successfully interweaves investigations into these themes in various contexts. Concentrating on Brazil, topics include the premature aging of Brazilian women, how situations of sexual violence against adolescents are constructed and named in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, and how Brazilian gerontology deals with sexuality in old age and how patients react to this treatment. In terms of the Argentine context, chapters examine how the process of the constitution of "LGBTIQ elders" creates an idea of shared meaning in terms of aging, and the suffering experienced by Argentine heterosexual men with the marks of aging. Finally, chapters also concerned with the conditions in which Mexican men begin their sexual life, as well as social support networks that are woven by travestis of different generations and their narratives on aging.

The interdisciplinary nature of this volume results in a wide range of interest for graduate students of social and cultural studies, sexuality studies, LGBT and queer studies, gerontology, life course, and Latin American studies. It would also hold appeal for social activists of LGBTI issues, social workers, psychologists, social and cultural anthropologists, and public health professionals.

Carlos Eduardo Henning is Associate Professor in the Graduate Program of Social Anthropology at the Universidade Federal de Goias (UFG). Henning's current areas of research are gender, sexuality, generation, old age, and LGBTIQ elders.

Guita Grin Debert is Full Professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Debert is currently conducting research on the topics of old age, gender, and care.

Julio Assis Simões is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Currently, Simões is leading research in the areas of gender, sexuality, generation, and HIV-AIDS.