Bodies and biases : sexualities in Hispanic cultures and literatures / David William Foster and Roberto Reis, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Foster, David William.

Reis, Roberto.

Series:

Hispanic issues ; 13.

Hispanic issues ; v. 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin American literature--History and criticism.

Latin American literature.

Spanish literature--History and criticism.

Spanish literature.

Literature and society--Latin America.

Literature and society.

Literature and society--Spain.

Sex in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (473 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Essays study sexuality in several literary and cultural manifestations in the Hispanic world on both sides of the Atlantic from the Golden Age in Spain to the present. Examines sexuality in Don Quijote and watercolors painted by Gustavo Adolfo Becquer and his brother. Various essays also examine Latin American novels, magazines, and the bolero. Considers topics such as the concept of 'hispanidad', ethnicity, and nation in relation to diverse manifestations of sexuality"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/

Contents:

Contents; Esto no es una despedida; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Age of Suspicion: Mapping Sexualities in Hispanic Literary and Cultural Texts; Chapter 1 The Sexual Economy of Miguel de Cervantes; Chapter 2 The Sinful Scene: Transgression in Seventeenth-Century Spanish Drama (1625-1685); Chapter 3 Desire and Decorum in the Twentieth-Century Colombian Novel; Chapter 4 Representations of Family and Sexuality in Brazilian Cultural Discourse; Chapter 5 The Body in Context: Don Quixote and Don Juan

Chapter 6 Popular Culture and Gender/Genre Construction in Mexican Bolero by Angeles MastrettaChapter 7 Sexing the Bildungsroman: Las edades de Lulú, Pornography, and the Pleasure Principle; Chapter 8 El diario de José Toledo: A Queer Space in the World of Mexican Letters; Chapter 9 Camilo's Closet: Sexual Camouflage in Denevi's Rosaura a las diez; Chapter 10 Monobodies, Antibodies, and the Body Politic: Sara Levi Calderón's Dos mujeres; Chapter 11 Not So Lonely: A Butch-Femme Reading of Cristina Peri-Rossi's Solitario de amor; Chapter 12 The Case for Feminine Pornography in Latin America

Chapter 13 The Pornographic Subject of Los borbones en pelotaChapter 14 Codifying Homosexuality as Grotesque: The Writings of Virgilio Piñera; Chapter 15 Eroticism and Homoeroticism in Martín Fierro; Chapter 16 Intricacies of Brazilian Gayness: A Cross-Cultural and Cross-Temporal Approach; Chapter 17 The Ecstasy of Disease: Mysticism, Metaphor, and AIDS in Las virtudes del pájaro solitario; Afterword; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8725-0

OCLC:

476094120