Lila's House: Male Prostitution in Latin America Jacobo Schifter Paperback - 132 pages (4 February, 1999) Harrington Park Press; ISBN: 1560239433

"An important new addition to the rapidly growing literature about same-sex relations and emerging gay communities in Latin America... UNFLINCHING... A POIGNANT AND COURAGEOUS BOOK!"
—Richard G. Parker, PhD, Associate Professor of Public Health, Columbia University
"INNOVATIVE AND PATHBREAKING.... The great value of the study is that it gives us a cross-cultural look at male prostitution and allows us to compare what we know about male prostitution in the United States and elsewhere.... In short, it is a fascinating, informative study that should become a classic."
—Vern L' Bullough, PhD, RN, Visiting Professor, University of Southern California
"A QUITE EXTRAORDINARY BOOK that provides graphic insight into aspects of sexual life so frequently stereotyped and misunderstood."
—Professor Peter Aggleton, Tomas Coram Research Unit, University of London
"EXPLORES THE MULTITUDE OF CLASS AND SEXUAL IDENTITIES THAT HAVE DEVELOPED WITHIN THE TRADITIONAL LATIN AND CATHOLIC CULTURE OF THIS REGION. Many North American readers will find this an alien world, but it is one that is probably more the norm in traditional societies than the world in which they live."
—Herbert S. Klein, PhD, Professor of Latin American History, Columbia University
About the Author
Jacobo Schifler, PhD, is currently the Regional Director of ILPES (The Latin American Health and Prevention Institute), an AIDS prevention program financed by the Netherlands' government. His initial publications included The Hidden Face of the Costa Rican Civil War (1979), two books on US-Costa Rican relations, and one on Costa Rican antisemitism. However, once AIDS began to impact Central America, Dr. Schifter shifted interests and established the first regional institute to fight the epidemic, as well as created dozens of innovative programs, such as AIDS hotlines, AIDS prevention workshops for Latin gays, prisoners, street children, Indians, male sex workers, and other minority groups. Dr. Schifter has published many other controversial, best-selling books, such as The Formation of a Counterculture: AIDS and Homosexuality in Costa Rica (1989), Men Who Love Men (1992), and Eyes That Do Not See: Psychiatry and Homophobia (1997). In 1997, he was asked by the University of London to participate in an anthology on male prostitution and HIV infection, which led to this study of the unexplored world of male prostitution in a Latin context.

Paperback, excellent condition