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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2008-08-01
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-abdab4323fad4912908e23e19d0c48da2025-08-20T03:00:26ZfraUniversité Paris 3Cahiers des Amériques Latines1141-71612268-42472008-08-015719121110.4000/cal.1317Entre concubinage et prostitution. Processus d’exclusion dans le Costa Rica de la fin du xixe siècleMarion GiraldouI 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.https://journals.openedition.org/cal/1317prostitutionsexualitymarginality |
| spellingShingle | Marion Giraldou Entre concubinage et prostitution. Processus d’exclusion dans le Costa Rica de la fin du xixe siècle Cahiers des Amériques Latines prostitution sexuality marginality |
| title | Entre concubinage et prostitution. Processus d’exclusion dans le Costa Rica de la fin du xixe siècle |
| title_full | Entre concubinage et prostitution. Processus d’exclusion dans le Costa Rica de la fin du xixe siècle |
| title_fullStr | Entre concubinage et prostitution. Processus d’exclusion dans le Costa Rica de la fin du xixe siècle |
| title_full_unstemmed | Entre concubinage et prostitution. Processus d’exclusion dans le Costa Rica de la fin du xixe siècle |
| title_short | Entre concubinage et prostitution. Processus d’exclusion dans le Costa Rica de la fin du xixe siècle |
| title_sort | entre concubinage et prostitution processus d exclusion dans le costa rica de la fin du xixe siecle |
| topic | prostitution sexuality marginality |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/cal/1317 |
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