Intimacies and Cultural Change

Exploring cultural transformations of intimacy in contemporary Mexico, Intimacies and Cultural Change examines the ways in which globalization and rapid cultural change have transformed the cultural meanings of couple relationships, sexuality, and personal life in Mexican society. Through a range of contemporary case studies, the book sheds light on the ways in which people draw on these cultural meanings in everyday life to account for their experiences and practices of intimacy in different social settings. An interdisciplinary volume, presenting the latest research on the region from experts working in diverse fields within the social sciences, this book will appeal to scholars of sociology, anthropology, geography and social psychology with interests in gender and sexuality, social change and contemporary intimate relationships.

Daniel Nehring is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Swansea University, UK.

Rosario Esteinou is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Research and Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS) at the National Science Council in Mexico City.

Emmanuel Alvarado is Professor of Spanish and Hispanic Studies at Palm Beach State College in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. He is also co-editor of the Florida Atlantic Comparative Studies Journal, published by Florida Atlantic University.