Queer latinidad [[electronic resource] ] : identity practices, discursive spaces / / Juana Maria Rodriguez

• Autore: Rodriguez Juana Maria
• Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 pages)
• Disciplina: 305.868073
• Soggetto topico: Hispanic American gay people - Psychology; Hispanic American gay people - Ethnic identity; Gay people - United States - Identity
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-[210]) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Divas, Atrevidas, y Entendidas: An Introduction to Identities; 2. Activism and Identity in the Ruins of Representation; 3. The Subject on Trial; 4. " Welcome to the Global Stage"; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: According to the 2000 census, Latinos/as have become the largest ethnic minority group in the United States. Images of Latinos and Latinas in mainstream news and in popular culture suggest a Latin Explosion at center stage, yet the topic of queer identity in relation to Latino/a America remains under examined. Juana María Rodríguez attempts to rectify this dearth of scholarship in Queer Latinidad: Identity Practices, Discursive Spaces , by documenting the ways in which identities are transformed by encounters with language, the law, culture, and public policy. She identifies three key areas as
• Titolo autorizzato: Queer latinidad
• ISBN: 0-8147-7686-8; 0-8147-6926-8; 1-4294-1479-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783766803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Sexual cultures.