La dimensione sessuale delle migrazioni: dalla conoscenza aneddotica ai programmi di ricerca

Titolo Rivista SALUTE E SOCIETÀ
Autori/Curatori Martina Cvajner, Giuseppe Sciortino
Anno di pubblicazione 2021 Fascicolo 2021/3
Lingua Italiano Numero pagine 20 P. 70-89 Dimensione file 234 KB
DOI 10.3280/SES2021-003005
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The contemporary world is segmented in a large variety of sexual subcultures. There are extensive geographical variations in the ways in which sexual life is perceived, practices and experienced. The existence of cultural and social differences in sexual expressions - be they real or imagined, feared or desired - is a key element of the discourses that sustain ethno-cultural boundaries. The paper analyzes the various ways "some intuitive, some less so - in which the social sciences have explored the role of the erotic dimension of geographical mobility. The starting point of the essay is the growth, in recent years, in the number of studies dealing with various forms of sexual change connected to migration. Such growth, however, has not (yet?) triggered the development of consistent analytical frames and cumulative research programs. The paper argues that any further development will require a heightened capacity to differentiate among research questions and perspectives.

Parole chiave:lovescape; subculture sessuali; migrazioni sessuali; sessualità; cambiamento sessuale; confini etnoculturali.

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Martina Cvajner, Giuseppe Sciortino, La dimensione sessuale delle migrazioni: dalla conoscenza aneddotica ai programmi di ricerca in "SALUTE E SOCIETÀ" 3/2021, pp 70-89, DOI: 10.3280/SES2021-003005