Juana María Rodríguez Queer Latinidad (Hardback) Sexual Cultures For Sale

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Title: Queer Latinidad
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An examination into queer identity in relation to Latino/a America
According to the 2000 census, Latinos/as have become the largest ethnic minority group in the United States. Images of Latinos and Latinas in mainstream news and in popular culture suggest a Latin Explosion at center stage, yet the topic of queer identity in relation to Latino/a America remains under examined.
Juana María Rodríguez attempts to rectify this dearth of scholarship in Queer Latinidad: Identity Practices, Discursive Spaces, by documenting the ways in which identities are transformed by encounters with language, the law, culture, and public policy. She identifies three key areas as the project's case studies: activism, primarily HIV prevention; immigration law; and cyberspace. In each, Rodríguez theorizes the ways queer Latino/a identities are enabled or constrained, melding several theoretical and methodological approaches to argue that these sites are complex and dynamic social fields.
As she moves the reader from one disciplinary location to the other, Rodríguez reveals the seams of her own academic engagement with queer latinidad. This deftly crafted work represents a dynamic and innovative approach to the study of identity formation and representation, making a vital contribution to a new reformulation of gender and sexuality studies.

Author: Juana María Rodríguez
Format: Hardback
Subtitle: Identity Practices, Discursive Spaces
EAN: 9780814775493
ISBN: 9780814775493
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 229mm
Item Length: 152mm
Item Weight: 454g
Genre: Society & Culture
Publisher: New York University Press
Release Date: 01/01/2003
Language: English
Topic: LGBTQ+, Gender Sex & Relationships, Social Sciences
Series: Sexual Cultures
Release Year: 2003

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