(King Momo and the Rainbow: Homosexuality and Carnival in Rio de Janeiro)
Author: Fabiano Gontijo
ISBN-10: 8576171562
ISBN-13: 978-8576171560
Homosexuality and AIDS are the central themes explored by Fabiano Gontijo in this thought-provoking work. Without losing the humor, passion, and rigor these topics demand, Fabiano invites the reader on a journey through Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival and the homosexualities that have inhabited it throughout history.
Through Anthropology and the Social Sciences, the author demonstrates how theory and fieldwork can interact to construct a powerful analysis of how homosexual identities are reconceptualized in relation to the social dynamics of Carnival.