Open Access"Discreet and out of the gay scene" - notes on contemporary sexual visibility
Author(s) -
Richard Miskolci
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cadernos pagu
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.454
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1809-4449
pISSN - 0104-8333
DOI - 10.1590/1809-4449201500440061
Subject(s) - visibility , secrecy , discretion , ethnography , sociology , human sexuality , gender studies , political science , geography , law , anthropology , meteorology
Based on an ethnography with men that use digital media in search of same sex partners in São Paulo, Brazil, this paper discusses what motivates their use of technological platforms. It also employs sociological and historical elements to reflect upon the social aspects of desire that fuel this search and the new visibility regime in which these men live. Finally, it analyses the moral, symbolic and material restrictions that mold an economy of desire demanding their discretion and secrecy.