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Las ciudades del deseo : las políticas de género, sexualidad y espacio urbano en el Caribe hispano / Elena Valdez.
Van Pelt - Zilberman Family Center for Global Collections PN56.C55 V35 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Valdez, Elena, author.
- Series:
- Purdue studies in Romance literatures ; v. 86.
- Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures ; volume 86
- Language:
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Cuban literature--21st century--History and criticism.
- Cuban literature.
- Dominican literature--21st century--History and criticism.
- Dominican literature.
- Puerto Rican literature--21st century--History and criticism.
- Puerto Rican literature.
- West Indian literature (Spanish)--21st century--History and criticism.
- West Indian literature (Spanish).
- Cities and towns in literature.
- Sex in literature.
- West Indies.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- x, 229 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- "Las ciudades del deseo explores the representations of gender, sexuality, and urban space in contemporary narratives from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. By examining a corpus of novels published since 2000, this book shows how the changes in urban landscape create a new image of the city that destroys traditional gender roles and produces different discourses on sexuality. At moments of crisis in political agendas that took place between 1990 and 2000, queer subjects became spokespeople outlining new national projects on each island, while claiming space in the national imaginary. The nation is no longer built on blood ties, patriarchal norms, or biological procreation, but rather starts incorporating previously excluded racial identities and sexual practices. By juxtaposing the narratives of the three countries and putting into dialogue the topics of nationality, sexuality, urban space, and sex tourism, Las ciudades del deseo breaks away from a tradition that tends to study them separately. The book contributes new perspectives on an emerging culture of resistance to heteronormative dynamics and power structures that is developing simultaneously in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. It sheds light on larger connections between literature and LGBTQ activism in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean."--Publisher's web site.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-216) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Valdez, Elena. Ciudades del deseo.
- ISBN:
- 9781612498171
- 1612498175
- 9781612498164
- 1612498167
- OCLC:
- 1314258222
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