Sexual Textualities: Essays on Queer/ing Latin American Writing (Texas Pan American Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (543 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0292725027 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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. David William Foster is Regents’ Professor of Portuguese and Spanish at Arizona State University, where he directs the Graduate Program in Interdisciplinary Humanities
Since the 1991 publication of his groundbreaking book Gay and Lesbian Themes in Latin American Writing, David William Foster has proposed a series of theoretical and critical principles for the analysis of Latin American culture from the perspectives of the queer. This book continues that project with a queer reading of literary and cultural aspects of Latin American texts.Moving beyond its predecessor, which provided an initial inventory of Latin American gay and lesbian writing, Sexual Textualities analyzes questions of gender representation in Latin American cultural productions to establish the interrelationships, tensions, and irresolvable conflicts between heterosexism and homoeroticism. The topics that Foster addresses include Eva Peron as a cultural/sexual icon, feminine pornography, Luis Humberto Hermosillo's classic gay film Doña Herlinda y su hijo, homoerotic writing and Chicano authors, Matias Montes Huidobro's Exilio and the representation of gay identity, representation of the body i
Rodriguez-Matos, Associate Professor of Modern Languages,Seton Hall University . "Sexual Textualities is indeed a significant contribution to Latin American queer studiesI commend David William Foster for his tenacious effort to further this field of study, which he has almost single-handedly championed."oCarlos A
Muy Caliente~!! A Customer As a fifty-something gay man, I have taken many "recreational" trips to Latin America. This book captures the spirit of forbidden love in a hostile world. I can't think of a better gift for the Latino in your life!