Queer Latinidad: Identity Practices, Discursive Spaces (Sexual Cultures)
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (620 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0814775500 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 227 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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Latin@s del ambiente meet cultural studies Professor Rodriguez is trying to answer what phenomena constitute "queer Latinidad" and what do these phenomena signify. Therefore, she analyzes the HIV prevention organizatoin Proyecto Contra SIDA in San Francisco, the political asylum case of gay Brazilian Marcelo Tenorio, and LGBT Latin@ chatrooms. She describes these phenomena as "subjects in process" in order to. tatiana de la tierra said Queer Latinidad!. The glistening ripe red papaya on the cover of Queer Latinidad is a suggestive image for a powerful discourse of how identity intersects with sexuality and culture. Focusing on case studies in activism, immigration and cyberspace, Juana María Rodríguez examines queer "latinidad," which is defined beyond geography, language, and history to encompass comp. D. Olmos said excellent book on identity, power and culture. For those interested in the politics of culture and identity this book is a must read. It is one of the most instructive examples of postmodern scholarship that interrogate racialized sexuality in various spatial contexts and discursive regimes.
Unlike that in other ethno-queer studies, Rodríguez's data and primary texts of analysis are not literary works. She is careful, attentive, dynamic, disorienting, and exhilarating as she reads political and cultural events, literary and theoretical texts, and the nuances of language use for a complex cultural subject in process. “It is rare to find as vital and sassy and smart an essayist as Juana Rodríguez. A fabulous read.”-Judith Butler,Maxine Elliot Professor at the Un
Juana María Rodríguez is Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Queer Latinidad: Identity Practices, Discursive Spaces.
This deftly crafted work represents a dynamic and innovative approach to the study of identity formation and representation, making a vital contribution to a new reformulation of gender and sexuality studies.. In each, Rodríguez theorizes the ways queer Latino/a identities are enabled or constrained, melding several theoretical and methodological approaches to argue that these sites are complex and dynamic social fields.As she moves the reader from one disciplinary location to the other, Rodríguez reveals the seams of her own academic engagement with queer latinidad. She identifies three key areas as the project’s case studies: activism, primarily HIV prevention; immigration law; and cyberspace. According to the 2000 census, Latinos/as have become the largest ethnic minority group in the United States. Images of Latinos and Latinas in