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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456206203321

Autore

Soto Sandra K. <1968->

Titolo

Reading Chican@ like a queer [[electronic resource] ] : the de-mastery of desire / / Sandra K. Soto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2010

ISBN

0-292-79281-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Collana

CMAS history, culture, and society series

Disciplina

810.9/3580896872073

Soggetti

American literature - Mexican American authors - History and criticism

Desire in literature

Sex in literature

Race in literature

Mexican Americans in literature

Mexican Americans - Race identity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Chican@ literary and cultural studies, queer theory, and the challenge of racialized sexuality -- Making familia from racialized sexuality: Cherrie Moraga's memoirs, manifestos, and motherhood -- Fixing up the house of race with Richard Rodriguez -- Queering the conquest with Ana Castillo -- Amà‚erico Paredes and the de-mastery of desire -- Epilogue: Back to the futuro.