Sexual textualities : essays on queer/ing Latin American writing / by David William Foster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foster, David William, author.

Series:

Texas Pan American series.

Texas Pan American series

Texas Pan American Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Latin American literature.

Homosexuality in literature.

Sex role in literature.

Homosexuality and literature--Latin America.

Homosexuality and literature.

Literature and society--Latin America.

Literature and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 180 p. )

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin, Texas : University of Texas Press, 1997.

Summary:

"Author continues his work on gay studies by questioning the makeup of the canon and the occlusion of the queering rhetoric. Includes essays on homoerotic writing by Chicano authors, lesbian desire in representations of Evita, feminine pornography in Latin America, and the crisis of masculinity in Argentine fiction. Very well researched; theoretically sound and provocative. Required reading in queer studies. See also HLAS 48:5657 and item #bi 97002052# by the same author"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

ONE Agenda and Canon: Some Necessary Priorities

TWO Evita Perón, Juan Jose Sebreli, and Gender

THREE The Case for Feminine Pornography in Latin America

FOUR Queering the Patriarchy in Hermosillo's Dona Herlinda y su hijo

FIVE Homoerotic Writing and Chicano Authors

SIX Montes Huidobro's Exilio and the Representation of Gay Identity

SEVEN The Representation of the Body in the Poetry of Alejandra Pizarnik

EIGHT The Crisis of Masculinity in Argentine Fiction, 1940-1960

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780292799535

0-292-79953-5

OCLC:

1280945026