05052nam 22008535 450 991078083370332120230721024905.00-8135-4837-310.36019/9780813548371(CKB)2520000000007895(EBL)887965(OCoLC)593317907(SSID)ssj0000338667(PQKBManifestationID)11274296(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338667(PQKBWorkID)10298765(PQKB)10934315(DE-B1597)530114(DE-B1597)9780813548371(MiAaPQ)EBC887965(EXLCZ)99252000000000789520200424h20092009 fg engur|n|---|||||txtccrHomecoming Queers Desire and Difference in Chicana Latina Cultural Production /Marivel T. DanielsonNew Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2009]©20091 online resource (234 p.)Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in theDescription based upon print version of record.0-8135-4571-4 Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Queering Home: Desire Meets Theory Meets Art -- 2. Speaking Selves: Language and Identity in Transition -- 3. Moving Violations: Performing the Limits of Representation in Marga Gomez’s jaywalker -- 4. The Birdy and the Bees: Queer Chicana Girlhood in Carla Trujillo’s What Night Brings -- 5. Complicating Community: Terri de la Peña, Cristina Serna, Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Ela Troyano, and Carmelita Tropicana -- 6. Performing the Erotics of Home: Monica Palacios, Marga Gomez, and Carmelita Tropicana -- 7. Dancing with Devils: Gendered Violence in Novels by Emma Pérez and Achy Obejas -- 8. Our Art Is Our Weapon: Women of Color Transforming Academia -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEXHomecoming Queers provides a critical discussion of the multiple strategies used by queer Latina authors and artists in the United States to challenge silence and invisibility within mainstream media, literary canons, and theater spaces. Marivel T. Danielson's analysis reveals the extensive legacy of these cultural artists, including novelists, filmmakers, students and activists, comedians, performers, and playwrights. By clearly discussing the complexities and universalities of ethnic, racial, sexual, gender, and class intersections between queer Chicana and U.S. Latinas, Danielson explores the multiple ways identity shapes and shades creative expression. Weaknesses and gaps are revealed in the treatment of difference as a whole, within dominant and marginalized communities. Spanning multiple genres and forms, and including scholarly theory alongside performances, films, narratives, and testimonials, Homecoming Queers leads readers along a crucial path toward understanding and overcoming the silences that previously existed across these fields. American literature -- Hispanic American authors -- History and criticismAmerican literature -- Women authors -- History and criticismHispanic Americans in the performing artsHome in literatureLesbians' writings, American -- History and criticismAmerican literatureHispanic American authorsHistory and criticismAmerican literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticismLesbians' writings, AmericanHistory and criticismHome in literatureIntellectual lifeHispanic Americans in the performing artsHispanic American lesbiansSpace in literatureAmerican LiteratureHILCCEnglishHILCCLanguages & LiteraturesHILCCAmerican literature -- Hispanic American authors -- History and criticism.American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.Hispanic Americans in the performing arts.Home in literature.Lesbians' writings, American -- History and criticism.American literatureHispanic American authorsHistory and criticismAmerican literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticismLesbians' writings, AmericanHistory and criticismHome in literatureIntellectual lifeHispanic Americans in the performing artsHispanic American lesbiansSpace in literatureAmerican LiteratureEnglishLanguages & Literatures700.86/643Danielson Marivel T., authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1109950DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910780833703321Homecoming Queers2634861UNINA