Money isn't everything buying and selling sex in twentieth-century Argentina / Patricio Simonetto ; translated by Sarah Booker.

Uniform titleDinero no es todo. English
SeriesLatin America in translation
Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/90ff49fd-8ae3-7ca0-1311-ccfb2917fa24 ^A322448
Abstract "Just a few years before becoming President, Juan Domingo Perón penned a letter demanding the reopening of government sponsored brothels near military bases. This, he believed, was a necessary preventative for homosexuality. His letter exemplified the then widespread panic over sexual deviance that came just a few years after a panic surrounding immigrant sexualities led to the criminalization of prostitution. In this book, available for the first time in English, Patricio Simonetto captures the anxiety, regulation, and tolerance of sex work that has defined Argentina's heterosexual and patriarchal national identity. Consulting judicial papers, prison archives, and secret police reports, Simonetto illustrates the state's authoritarian, violent, and moralistic interventions against dissident sexualities and how they transcended political shifts across liberal and military governments. He narrates the life stories of those who offered, exploited, or were consumers of sex work and draws connections between sex work, government policy, and Argentina's economy. This impressive study provides a lens into the ever-shifting constructions of heteronormative masculinities that produced political agendas and social hierarchies that continue to influence Argentina today"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 197-214) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2024035425
ISBN9781469681221 cloth alk. paper
ISBN9781469681238 pbk alk. paper
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