Side dishes : Latina American women, sex, and cultural production / Melissa A. Fitch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fitch, Melissa A., 1964-

Series:

New directions in international studies.

New directions in international studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Latin America.

Women.

Sex--Latin America.

Sex.

Pornography--Latin America.

Pornography.

Feminism--Latin America.

Feminism.

Postmodernism (Literature)--Latin America.

Postmodernism (Literature).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Moving beyond the "main dishes" of traditional literary works, Side Dishes offers a provocative and delicious new understanding of Latin American women's authorship and activism. The book illuminates a wealth of creative and intellectual work by Latin American women—editors, directors, cartoonists, academics, performance artists, and comedians—and explores them in light of their treatment of women's sexuality. Side Dishes considers feminist pornography and literary representations of masturbation, bisexuality, lesbianism, and sexual fantasies; the treatment of lust in stand-up comedy and science fiction; critical issues in leading feminist journals; and portrayals of sexuality in four contemporary Latin American films. Melissa A. Fitch concludes with a look at the rise of women's and gender studies programs in Latin America.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction Appetizer

1. Lust

2. Pop

3. Issues

4. Flicks

5. Class

Epilogue Leftovers

Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8135-4853-5

OCLC:

593295663