CLAIS presents the Latin American History Speakers Series
Title of talk: A Sexual and Sentimental Education: Movie-going and Masculine Sexuality in Twentieth-Century Mexico
Speaker: Anne Rubenstein, Associate Professor, History Department, York University, Toronto
Date/Time: Tuesday October 24th at 12pm
Location: Luce Hall (34 Hillhouse Ave), Room 102
Description: Cinemas from 1920 on offered Mexicans privacy rarely obtainable elsewhere. Despite church and state efforts at containing male sexuality, Mexicans regularly found sex partners in movie theaters, and occasionally found space there to have sex. By the end of the twentieth century, a few cinemas had become centers of burgeoning queer communities. This paper places Mexican queer history in the contexts of media history and the history of masculinity to answer this question.
It is not necessary to read the paper in advance to attend the talk. If you would like to read the paper, please email josh.mentanko@yale.edu for a copy.