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Crossing through Chueca [electronic resource] : lesbian literary culture in Queer Madrid / Jill Robbins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Robbins, Jill, 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spanish fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- Spanish fiction.
- Spanish fiction--21st century--History and criticism.
- Lesbianism in literature.
- Lesbian culture--Spain.
- Lesbian culture.
- Homosexuality and literature--Spain.
- Homosexuality and literature.
- Publishers and publishing--Spain--Madrid--History.
- Publishers and publishing.
- Books and reading--Spain--Madrid--History--20th century.
- Books and reading.
- Books and reading--Spain--Madrid--History--21st century.
- Geographical perception--Spain--Madrid.
- Geographical perception.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (192 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the past two decades the city of Madrid has been marked by pride, feminism, and globalization--but also by the vestiges of the machismo nurtured during the long years of the Franco dictatorship. ""Crossing through Chueca"" examines how lesbian literary culture fares in this mix from the end of the countercultural movement la movida madrilena in 1988 until the gay marriage march in 2005. Jill Robbins traverses the various literary spaces of the city associated with queer culture, in particular the gay barrio of Chueca, revealing how it is a product of interrelations--a site crisscrossed by a
- Contents:
- Preface : marching toward marriage
- A brief history of Chueca and Madrid's Queer space
- Lesbian literary identities in the Madrid book business
- The new safita: Andalusia and the phallic woman in Plumas de España
- Lesbian-themed best-sellers and the politics of acceptance
- Dislocations : identity and communication in Cenicienta en Chueca
- Popular lesbian fiction : romance, literature, and legislation
- Conclusion : toward lesbian visibility.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4529-4695-7
- 0-8166-7682-8
- OCLC:
- 742368506
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