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Lila's House

Jacobo Schifter

Lila's House | Jacobo Schifter

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Jacobo Schifter spent months conducting interviews inside a house of male prostitution in San Jose, Costa Rica to research this book. The result is a fascinating and consciousness-raising report, not only about male protitution, but about the Latin American sexual discourse in general--attitudes towards homosexuality (all of the prostitutes claim that they\'re straight and many seem to fear homosexuality), realtions between the sexes, awareness and practice of AIDS and safe sex, etc. Some of the interviews are reprinted in their entirety. The owner of the brothel, Lila, has a story worthy of a book itself. The most informed and interesting book on Costa Rican culture I have read.
"Lila's house was built in the 1920s as part of a workingclass housing project. It is located in a marginal neighborhood in the southern part of San Jose, Costa Rica. In the 1930's the neighborhood was filled with Polish Jewish families who were mostly peddlers and who managed to get away from Hitler´s grasp. That is the reason you find a mezuza at Lila`s door and also an atmosphere of tolerance among her neighbors. The Jews might have left for greener pastures but their lessons of respect remain. People from all walks of life are seeing in the street. Some sell trinkets, other cell phones, and the majority, drugs and cigarettes. It is a cozy neighborhood where everyone knows your name."

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