| Description |
1 online resource (101 min.) |
| Series |
Ethnographic video online
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| Summary |
Among the Zapotec Indians of Oaxaca, Mexico, boy babies who are born in a certain position, or little boys who prefer to play with girls, are raised as women, and are known as Muxes (pronounced "Mooshays"). In the town of Juchitán, in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Muxes have an important role to play in the life of the community. Because they are raised as women, the Muxes prefer to enter into relations with "straight" men. Since female virginity is important for marriage in Juchitán, unmarried boys have their first experiences with Muxes, but usually move on to a heterosexual marriage. The Muxes of Juchitán are proud of their identity, enjoy their lives, laugh at themselves as well as at "straight" society, and admit their own foibles freely. They call themselves "Authentic, Intrepid Seekers of Danger," and have banded together to lead the fight against AIDS in Oaxaca. They talk frankly about their experiences of acceptance and rejection, and their successes in finding freedom, love and delight in their special identity |
| Notes |
Previously released on DVD |
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Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 3, 2011) |
| Credits |
Director and producer, Alejandra Islas Caro |
| Cast |
José António |
| Event |
Filmed in Juchitán de Zaragoza, Mexico |
| Notes |
Spanish with English subtitles |
| Subject |
Male homosexuality -- Mexico -- Juchitán de Zaragoza
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Gay men -- Mexico -- Juchitán de Zaragoza -- Social life and customs
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Zapotec Indians -- Mexico -- Juchitán de Zaragoza -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
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Gay men -- Social life and customs.
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Male homosexuality.
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Manners and customs.
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Zapotec Indians -- Social life and customs.
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| SUBJECT |
Juchitán de Zaragoza (Mexico) -- Social life and customs
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| Subject |
Mexico -- Juchitán de Zaragoza.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary
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Documentary.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Islas, Alejandra
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António, José, Muxe
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