LEADER 04853nam 2200829 a 450 001 9910814103303321 005 20231213165311.0 010 $a0-292-79658-7 024 7 $a10.7560/706897 035 $a(CKB)1000000000457691 035 $a(EBL)3442974 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000115297 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11132044 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000115297 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10008879 035 $a(PQKB)11114277 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442974 035 $a(OCoLC)62746185 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2107 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442974 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10172706 035 $a(OCoLC)932313754 035 $a(DE-B1597)587899 035 $a(OCoLC)1280944185 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292796584 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000457691 100 $a20050209d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBrown on brown$b[electronic resource] $eChicano/a representations of gender, sexuality, and ethnicity /$fFrederick Luis Aldama 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (187 p.) 225 1 $aBrown on Brown 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-292-70689-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [159]-168) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : narrative, sexuality, race, and the self -- Querying postcolonial and borderland queer theory -- John Rechy's bending of brown and white canons -- Arturo Islas's and Richard Rodriguez's ethnosexual re-architexturing of metropolitan space -- Ana Castillo's and Sheila Ortiz Taylor's bent Chicana textualities -- Edward J. Olmos's postcolonial penalizings of the film-image repertoire -- Conclusion : re-visioning Chicano/a bodies and texts. 330 $aCommon conceptions permeating U.S. ethnic queer theory tend to confuse aesthetics with real-world acts and politics. Often Chicano/a representations of gay and lesbian experiences in literature and film are analyzed simply as propaganda. The cognitive, emotional, and narrational ingredients (that is, the subject matter and the formal traits) of those representations are frequently reduced to a priori agendas that emphasize a politics of difference. In this book, Frederick Luis Aldama follows an entirely different approach. He investigates the ways in which race and gay/lesbian sexuality intersect and operate in Chicano/a literature and film while taking into full account their imaginative nature and therefore the specific kind of work invested in them. Also, Aldama frames his analyses within today's larger (globalized) context of postcolonial literary and filmic canons that seek to normalize heterosexual identity and experience. Throughout the book, Aldama applies his innovative approach to throw new light on the work of authors Arturo Islas, Richard Rodriguez, John Rechy, Ana Castillo, and Sheila Ortiz Taylor, as well as that of film director Edward James Olmos. In doing so, Aldama aims to integrate and deepen Chicano literary and filmic studies within a comparative perspective. Aldama's unusual juxtapositions of narrative materials and cultural personae, and his premise that literature and film produce fictional examples of a social and historical reality concerned with ethnic and sexual issues largely unresolved, make this book relevant to a wide range of readers. 410 0$aBrown on Brown 606 $aAmerican literature$xMexican American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aGay people's writings, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aHomosexuality and literature$zUnited States 606 $aMexican American gay people$xIntellectual life 606 $aMexican Americans$xIntellectual life 606 $aMexican Americans in literature 606 $aGender identity in literature 606 $aEthnicity in literature 606 $aSex role in literature 606 $aGay people in literature 615 0$aAmerican literature$xMexican American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aGay people's writings, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aHomosexuality and literature 615 0$aMexican American gay people$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aMexican Americans$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aMexican Americans in literature. 615 0$aGender identity in literature. 615 0$aEthnicity in literature. 615 0$aSex role in literature. 615 0$aGay people in literature. 676 $a810.9/353 700 $aAldama$b Frederick Luis$f1969-$0855054 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814103303321 996 $aBrown on brown$94081183 997 $aUNINA