Entre concubinage et prostitution. Processus d’exclusion dans le Costa Rica de la fin du xixe siècle
I understand my research subject – prostitution – not as "fact" but as social construct. Such a study requires to vary my approaches in order to focus not only on the study of such a social group itself but also on the relationships between this group and society. Several dynamics thus ari...
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| Language: | fra |
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Université Paris 3
2008-08-01
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| Series: | Cahiers des Amériques Latines |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/cal/1317 |
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| Summary: | I understand my research subject – prostitution – not as "fact" but as social construct. Such a study requires to vary my approaches in order to focus not only on the study of such a social group itself but also on the relationships between this group and society. Several dynamics thus arise which establish a link between the commonly-shared opinion (at society level), the diffusion of cultural norms (at state level) and the resistance to homogenisation (regarding marginality). Following such a reasoning, this very article analyses the flexibility in the use of concepts such as concubinage and prostitution – indeed, these two forms of "unclassifiable" sexualities, although both answering a clear definition accepted by society, tend to overlap and become synonyms. Marginality therefore appears to be characterized not by pre-established definitions relying on certain criteria, but rather by a complex construct interweaving several mechanisms. |
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| ISSN: | 1141-7161 2268-4247 |