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1 online resource (ix, 219 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Latinidad : transnational cultures in the United States
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Latinidad.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-209) and index. |
| Contents |
Queering home: desire meets theory meets art -- Speaking selves: language and identity in transition -- Moving violations: performing the limits of representation in Marga Gomez's Jaywalker -- The birdy and the bees: queer Chicana girlhood in Carla Trujillo's What night brings -- Complicating community: Terri De La Peña, Cristina Serna, Frances Negrón Muntaner, Ela Troyano, and Carmelita Tropicana -- The erotics of home: Monica Palacios, Marga Gomez, and Carmelita Tropicana -- Dancing with devils: gendered violence in novels by Emma Pérez and Achy Obejas -- Our art is our weapon: women of color transforming academia. |
| Summary |
Homecoming 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 ex. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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American literature -- Hispanic American authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- Hispanic American authors. |
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American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- Women authors. |
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Lesbians' writings, American -- History and criticism.
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Lesbians' writings, American. |
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Home in literature.
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Home in literature. |
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Hispanic Americans in the performing arts.
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Hispanic Americans in the performing arts. |
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Hispanic American lesbians -- Intellectual life.
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Hispanic American lesbians. |
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Intellectual life. |
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Space in literature.
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Space in literature. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Danielson, Marivel T. Homecoming queers. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2009 9780813545714 (DLC) 2008048064 (OCoLC)269455856 |
| ISBN |
9780813548371 (electronic book) |
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0813548373 (electronic book) |
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9780813545714 (alkaline paper) |
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0813545714 (alkaline paper) |
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9780813545721 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0813545722 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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