1st Edition
Lila's House Male Prostitution in Latin America
By Samuel M. Steward, PhD
Copyright 1998
144 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
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Lila's House: Male Prostitution in Latin America presents insight into male prostitution in a truly global array of Latin American countries. This study focuses on a very specific sexual culture within the realm of male prostitution: the young men of a lower/middle-class brothel catering to a broad range of clients. You will explore the culture of juvenile prostitution and learn from the immediate... Read more
Contents
Introduction: Why Write About the Forbidden
Introduction: Why Write About the Forbidden
- Part I: The House and the Money
- The House
- The Clients
- “Cacheros”
- The Owner
- Is Lila a Sorcerer?
- Profit and Money Laundering
- Part II: The “Cachero” Is Masculine
- Part III: What Can and Cannot Be Done
- Materialism
- Focal vs. Multifarious
- A Day in the Life
- A Clean Slate
- Indifference
- “Pagadores”
- Different Sexual Practices
- Double Standards
- Part IV: Virility Problems
- Fantasy and Pleasure
- Flirting
- Money and Drugs
- Family and Children
- New Demands
- Romantic Love
- Empathy
- Part V: Sodom and Gomorrah Reviewed
- “Cacherismo,” Condemnation, and Guilt
- Allegory
- AIDS Prevention
- The End of the House
- Glossary
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
Biography
Jacobo Schifter, Irene Artavia Fernández, Sharon Mulheren
