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Out for queer blood : the murder of Fernando Rios and the failure of New Orleans justice / Clayton Delery ; foreword by Robert L. Camina.
Van Pelt Library HV6534.N45 D465 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Delery, Clayton, 1957- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rios, Fernando (Murder victim).
- Rios, Fernando.
- Murder--Louisiana--New Orleans--Case studies.
- Murder.
- Murder victims--Louisiana--New Orleans--Case studies.
- Murder victims.
- Gay men--Crimes against--Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Gay men.
- Gay men--Crimes against.
- Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 224 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : Exposit Books, [2017]
- Summary:
- "On a September night in 1958, three New Orleans college students decided to entertain themselves by "rolling a queer" and went looking for a gay man to assault. They chose Fernando Rios, a tour guide from Mexico, who died from the beating he received. The author examines the murder and the trial in detail"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Foreword / by Robert L. Camina
- Introduction
- Pirates and outlaws
- "A drive against the deviates" : the gay man in New Orleans, 1950/1960
- A frigid climate of hostility : the killing of Fernando Rios
- A medical freak with an eggshell cranium : the trial that made New Orleans cheer
- Nolle prosequi : the events following the trial
- Reclaiming masculinity : a brief history of hate crimes and the gay panic defense
- Døjø vu
- Appendix. A Son speaks for and about his father
- Chapter notes
- Works cited
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Electronic version: Delery-Edwards, Clayton, 1957- Out for queer blood.
- ISBN:
- 9781476668840
- 1476668841
- OCLC:
- 1007499105
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