Plebeian prose / Néstor Perlongher ; translated by Frances Riddle ; selection and prologue by Christian Ferrer and Osvaldo Baigorria.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perlongher, Néstor, 1949-1992, author.

Contributor:

Riddle, Frances, translator.

Series:

Critical South

Critical south

Standardized Title:

Prosa plebeya. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Queer theory--Latin America.

Queer theory.

Homosexuality--Latin America.

Homosexuality.

Gender identity--Latin America.

Gender identity.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 292 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Polity Press, 2019.

Contents:

Desire and Politics p. 13

Cover Up, Girl p. 15

Loca Sex p. 19

Don't Lift the Lid, We're on Shaky Ground p. 26

Brazil: The Transvestite Invasion p. 29

A Marica Is Murdered p. 33

Lust and Violence in the World of the Night p. 40

Corporal Order p. 43

Avatars of the Boys of the Night p. 46

The Force of Carnivalism p. 60

Living-Room Deficiency Syndrome p. 63

Minoritary Becoming p. 65

History of the Argentine Gay Liberation Front p. 76

The Disappearance of Homosexuality p. 85

Muddy Baroque p. 93

Sandy Beaches to Muddy Delta p. 95

Foot Fetish p. 106

Baroquification p. 116

Cuba, Sex, and a Bridge to Buenos Aires p. 121

Dress Straps for Puig p. 129

Flows in the Fjord. Baroque and the Body in Osvaldo Lamborghini p. 133

On Alambres p. 142

Anthropology of Ecstasy p. 145

Urban Poetics p. 147

Poetry and Ecstasy p. 153

The Religion of Ayahuasca p. 159

The Argentine Falklands p. 175

All Power to Lady Di p. 177

Island Illusions p. 180

Island Desires p. 184

Eva Perón p. 189

Evita Lives p. 191

The Corpse p. 197

Macabre Gems p. 201

The Corpse of the Nation p. 203

Credit for Tancredo p. 216

Lake Nahuel p. 221

Blue p. 224

Corpses p. 227

The Gay Struggle in Argentina p. 241

Biographic Timeline p. 248.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1509534547

9781509534548

OCLC:

1061816308