The famous 41 : sexuality and social control in Mexico, c. 1901.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. |
| Description: | xii, 311 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | New directions in Latino American cultures |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4832361 |
| Summary: | On November 17, 1901, Mexico City police raided a private party and arrested 41 men, half of whom were dressed as women. This clandestine transvestite ball was apparently not an unheard of phenomenon at the time, although it was not normally something that would gain national attention. However, Mexican cultural trends in literature, in art, in the sciences and in journalism were inciting an atmosphere of sexual curiosity that was in search of the right turn of events to ignite a discursive explosion and focus interest on what was not a new phenomenon, but what was about to become a new concept: homosexuality. The nefarious ball scandalized Mexico City and is still part of the city's lore. It provoked social commentary on the state of masculinity in Mexico; it lived, and lives on, in popular culture; it has spawned a novel, as well as songs, ditties, engravings by famous Mexican artists and other cultural artifacts. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 311 p. ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 1403960488 1403960496 |
