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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818325103321

Autore

Robbins Jill <1962->

Titolo

Crossing through Chueca [[electronic resource] ] : lesbian literary culture in Queer Madrid / / Jill Robbins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2011

ISBN

1-4529-4695-7

0-8166-7682-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Disciplina

863/.7093526643

Soggetti

Spanish fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Spanish fiction - 21st century - History and criticism

Lesbianism in literature

Lesbian culture - Spain

Homosexuality and literature - Spain

Publishers and publishing - Spain - Madrid - History

Books and reading - Spain - Madrid - History - 20th century

Books and reading - Spain - Madrid - History - 21st century

Geographical perception - Spain - Madrid

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

Preface : marching toward marriage -- A brief history of Chueca and Madrid's Queer space -- Lesbian literary identities in the Madrid book business -- The new safita: Andalusia and the phallic woman in Plumas de España -- Lesbian-themed best-sellers and the politics of acceptance -- Dislocations : identity and communication in Cenicienta en Chueca -- Popular lesbian fiction : romance, literature, and legislation -- Conclusion : toward lesbian visibility.

Sommario/riassunto

In the past two decades the city of Madrid has been marked by pride, feminism, and globalization--but also by the vestiges of the machismo nurtured during the long years of the Franco dictatorship. ""Crossing through Chueca"" examines how lesbian literary culture fares in this mix from the end of the countercultural movement la movida madrilena in 1988 until the gay marriage march in 2005. Jill Robbins traverses the



various literary spaces of the city associated with queer culture, in particular the gay barrio of Chueca, revealing how it is a product of interrelations--a site crisscrossed by a