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Queer Ricans : cultures and sexualities in the diaspora / Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
La Fountain-Stokes, Lawrence M. (Lawrence Martin), 1968-
Series:
Cultural studies of the Americas ; 23.
Cultural studies of the Americas ; 23
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Minority gay people--United States.
Minority gay people.
Puerto Ricans--United States--Social life and customs.
Puerto Ricans.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (273 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Other Title:
Cultures and sexualities in the diaspora
Place of Publication:
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2009.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Exploring cultural expressions of Puerto Rican queer migration from the Caribbean to New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and San Francisco, Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes analyzes how artists have portrayed their lives and the discrimination they have faced. Proposing a radical new conceptualization of Puerto Rican migration, he reveals how sexuality has shaped and defined the Puerto Rican experience in the United States.
Contents:
Introduction: On queer diasporas and Puerto Rican migration histories
The persecution of difference
Autobiographical writing and shifting migrant experience
Women's bodies, lesbian passions
Visual happenings, queer imaginings
Nuyorico and the utopias of the everyday.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-8166-6777-2
OCLC:
732606033

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