Sodomía y masculinidad en la ciudad de México (1821-1870)

Abstract

This article explores, through the discursive analysis of sodomy’s court records, the socio-cultural constructions that operated within the control device of sexuality in Mexico City. It also examines the mechanisms of reproduction of dichotomous gender categories within the context of a system of domination which, during the nineteenth century, put both men and women through a prescriptive masculinity doctrine.