Being a Man in a Transnational World: The Masculinity and Sexuality of Migration - Paperback

by Ernesto Vasquez del Aguila (Author)

This study analyses the diverse ways in which masculinity and sexuality organize the experience of migration. By analyzing heterosexual as well as gay masculinities and incorporating race and class relations, this study shows the multiplicity and hierarchies of masculinities presented within a particular cultural context.

Author Biography

Dr. Ernesto Vasquez del Aguila is a research scholar with the Institute for Health Equity, City University of New York (CUNY), and is a research associate with the School of Social Justice, University College Dublin, Ireland. He teaches courses on Masculinities; Global Health Inequalities; and Culture, Diversity and Society. He has worked as a researcher in a diverse range of institutions in Latin America, the USA and in Europe. He has published on sexual and reproductive health; sexual minorities; equality; gender and masculinity; sexuality; and migration. He earned his PhD in medical anthropology from Columbia University, New York City.