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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459898603321

Autore

Viteri María Amelia

Titolo

Desbordes : translating racial, ethnic, sexual, and gender identities across the Americas / / María-Amelia Viteri ; foreword by Salvador Vidal-Ortiz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4384-5336-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Collana

SUNY series, Genders in the Global South

Disciplina

306.76/6098

Soggetti

Gays - Latin America - Identity

Gays - United States - Identity

Gay immigrants - United States

Latin Americans - United States

Electronic books.

United States Emigration and immigration Social aspects

Latin America Emigration and immigration Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""On Writing and Research""; ""Chapter 1: Translating Sexual and Racial Borders""; ""Chapter 2: The Meanings around “Loca�: Revisiting Language, Space, and Sexuality""; ""Is “Loca� sort of “Queer�?""; ""Translocations""; ""Performing “Queer�/“Latinidad�""; ""Bisexuals, Machorras, Transfeministas, Fuertes, Locas""; ""When “Queer Fits�""; ""Chapter 3: “Latino� and “Queer� as Sites of Translation: Intersections of “Race,� Ethnicity, Class, and Sexuality""

""On “Latinidadâ€?: Estrellaâ€?s Story""""Trans Conflations of Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Sexuality""; ""“I Am â€?American.â€? I Am No Different than Youâ€?""; ""They Cannot Know That I Am “Gayâ€? Unless They See My Keychain (No Pueden Saber Si Soy “Gayâ€? a Menos Que Vean Mi Llavero)""; ""Somos Hermanos. Es Nuestro Himno: Translating the U.S. National Anthem""; ""Chapter 4: Inserting the “Iâ



€? in the Fieldwork""; ""On Being “Nativeâ€? in Anthropology""; ""Geography Matters""; ""“You Are Not Whiteâ€?: “Whiteness,â€? Citizenship, and “Latinidadâ€?""; ""Visibly “Queerâ€?

Invisible “Mestiza�""""From Home to “Field� and Back: Disrupting the Linearity""; ""Chapter 5: Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""