This book explores the masculinity and sexuality of migration,
analyzing the complex processes of becoming a man and the
strategies used by men to reconcile paradoxes and contradictions
that co-exist between multiple masculinities and contradictory
models of being a man. Vasquez del Aguila offers a number of
conceptual contributions, including the notion of "masculine
capital" that provides men with the necessary "masculine" skills
and cultural competence to achieve legitimacy and social
recognition as men; an analysis of male friendship where notions of
solidarity and intimacy co-exist with those of distrust,
competition, and power relations; and three social representations
of being a man: the winner, the failed, and the good enough man. 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. Through ethnographic research
undertaken over more than four years in New York and Lima, Peru,
this book also examines the role of the Internet and transnational
romances and the ways in which migration can create new
opportunities for male sexual intimacy, while for others, it
creates loneliness and isolation.
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