- Preface
- Introduction
- The Pornography Revolution
- AIDS as a Trigger
- The Body Revolution
- Chapter 1: Methodology of the Study
- The First Study (1989)
- The Second Study (1998)
- The Quantitative Study
- The Qualitative Study
- Chapter 2: The Geography of Desire (1989)
- The Parks and Surrounding Areas
- Movie Theaters
- Saunas
- Chapter 3: The Geography of Desire (1998)
- Parque Monumental
- New Pickup Parks
- Shopping Mall
- Universities
- Public Pools
- La Llanura
- Pornographic Movie Theaters
- Pornographic Videos
- Saunas
- Numbers
- Chapter 4: Man.....Without Words
- The Language Metaphor
- School for Public Sex
- The Language and “La Différence”
- Chapter 5: Gay Clientele
- The Gay Model of Public Sex
- Chapter 6: Violence and Public Sex
- Thou Shalt Not Communicate (Juan's Story)
- Invaded Bodies (Alberto's Story)
- The Eroticism of Danger (Pepe's Story)
- Nonverbal Sex (Emilio's Story)
- The Need to Disconnect (Miguel's Story)
- The Worst Nightmares
- Chapter 7: Cacheros and Locusts (Chapulines)
- Cacheros
- Locusts
- The Vulnerable Body
- Little Red Riding Hood Confronts the Big Bad Wolf
- The Look: from Chapulines to Princes
- Chapter 8: Clash of Cultures
- The Language of Crime
- Triggers to Chapuline Violence
- Ten Rules that Could Save Your Life
- A Visit to the Castle
- Is Public Sex Revolutionary?
- Chapter 9: Police Officers
- The Trained Body
- Homophobia
- If you Live with Men ....
- Deliver Us from Temptation
- Conclusions
- Appendix: Survey of Sexual Practices in Public Sex Places
- ILPES Questionnaire for Men Who Visit Bars, Discos, and Restaurants
- Notes
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
Biography
Jacobo Schifter, PhD, is the Regional Director of ILPES (the Latin American Health and Prevention Institute), an AIDS-prevention program financed by the Netherlands' government. One of the most prolific writers in Latin America, Dr. Schifter wrote books on the Costa Rican civil war, U.S.-Costa Rican relations, and Costa Rican anti-Semitism before shifting his interests when AIDS started to affect the Central American region. He then established the first regional institute to fight the epidemic and created dozens of innovative programs, such as AIDS hotlines and AIDS-prevention workshops for Latin gays, prisoners, street children, Indians, male sex workers, and other minority groups. Dr. Schifter also started to publish controversial books on AIDS, including The Formation of a Counterculture: AIDS and Homosexuality ill Costa Rica (1989), Men Who Love Men (1992), Eyes l1zat Do Not See: Psychial1y and Homophobia (1997), Lila's House (1998), From Toads to Queens (Haworth, 1999), and Macho Love (Haworth, 1999). These books have become best-sellers in the region and have also played a part in changing many Latin governments' discriminatory policies against people with AIDS.
