Queer latinidad : identity practices, discursive spaces / Juana Maria Rodriguez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rodríguez, Juana María.

Series:

Sexual cultures.

Sexual cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic American gay people--Psychology.

Hispanic American gay people.

Hispanic American gay people--Ethnic identity.

Gay people--United States--Identity.

Gay people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-[210]) and index.

ISBN:

9780814776865

0814776868

9780814769263

0814769268

9781429414791

1429414790

OCLC:

779828275