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Unrequited Love and Gay Latino Culture: What Have You Done to My Heart?

By Daniel T. Contreras (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Year
2005
ISBN
978-1-349-99963-7, 978-1-4039-7884-4, 978-1-4039-6468-7
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4039-7884-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
949 kB (971268 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
VII, 146\150
Time added
2016-03-14 21:35:01
general; Gender StudiesLatino Culture; Latin American Culture; Literature

Description

Drawing on a wide range of material from art, theater, music, and literature, Contreras argues that historical memory is embedded in these forms of art and can perhaps take us "somewhere better than this place." The critical energies in the book come from Chicana/o and queer studies. Contreras views unrequited love as a utopian space of possibility and transformation. The discussion includes The Boys in the Band, Arturo Islas, Paris is Burning, Judy Garland, and Kiss of the Spider Woman.

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