ISBN:
0814775500
,
0814775497
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xi, 227 p)
,
ill
,
24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Sexual cultures
Series Statement:
Sexual Cultures Ser
Parallel Title:
Print version Queer Latinidad : Identity Practices, Discursive Spaces
DDC:
305.868073
Keywords:
Hispanic American gays Psychology
;
Gays Identity
;
Hispanic American gays Ethnic identity
;
United States
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
According to the 2000 census, Latinos/as have become the largest ethnic minority group in the United States. Images of Latinos and Latinas in mainstream news and in popular culture suggest a Latin Explosion at center stage, yet the topic of queer identity in relation to Latino/a America remains under examined. Juana María Rodríguez attempts to rectify this dearth of scholarship in Queer Latinidad: Identity Practices, Discursive Spaces , by documenting the ways in which identities are transformed by encounters with language, the law, culture, and public policy. She identifies three key areas as
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Divas, Atrevidas, y Entendidas: An Introduction to Identities; 2. Activism and Identity in the Ruins of Representation; 3. The Subject on Trial; 4. " Welcome to the Global Stage"; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-[210]) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
