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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785053503321

Autore

La Fountain-Stokes Lawrence M (Lawrence Martin), <1968->

Titolo

Queer Ricans [[electronic resource] ] : cultures and sexualities in the diaspora / / Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8166-6777-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Cultural studies of the Americas ; ; 23

Disciplina

306.76/6089687295073

Soggetti

Minority gay people - United States

Puerto Ricans - United States - Social life and customs

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

Introduction: On queer diasporas and Puerto Rican migration histories -- The persecution of difference -- Autobiographical writing and shifting migrant experience -- Women's bodies, lesbian passions -- Visual happenings, queer imaginings -- Nuyorico and the utopias of the everyday.

Sommario/riassunto

Exploring cultural expressions of Puerto Rican queer migration from the Caribbean to New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and San Francisco, Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes analyzes how artists have portrayed their lives and the discrimination they have faced. Proposing a radical new conceptualization of Puerto Rican migration, he reveals how sexuality has shaped and defined the Puerto Rican experience in the United States.