02615nam 2200613Ia 450 991082232750332120200520144314.00-8166-6777-2(CKB)2670000000030301(EBL)548055(OCoLC)732606033(SSID)ssj0000426544(PQKBManifestationID)11299687(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000426544(PQKBWorkID)10389177(PQKB)10562277(MiAaPQ)EBC548055(MdBmJHUP)muse39702(Au-PeEL)EBL548055(CaPaEBR)ebr10399434(CaONFJC)MIL526196(EXLCZ)99267000000003030120090218d2009 ub 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrQueer Ricans cultures and sexualities in the diaspora /Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes1st ed.Minneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20091 online resource (273 p.)Cultural studies of the Americas ;23Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-4092-0 0-8166-4091-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Cultural studies of the Americas ;23.Cultures and sexualities in the diasporaMinority gaysUnited StatesPuerto RicansUnited StatesSocial life and customsMinority gaysPuerto RicansSocial life and customs.306.76/6089687295073La Fountain-Stokes Lawrence M(Lawrence Martin),1968-1690340MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822327503321Queer Ricans4065988UNINA