Queer Latinidad : Identity Practices, Discursive Spaces.

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 unde...

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Main Author: Rodriguez, Juana Maria
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2003.
Series:Sexual cultures.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-210) and index.
ISBN:9780814769263
0814769268
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.