{"product_id":"sexual-textualities-essays-on-queer-ing-latin-american-writing-paperback-softback-9780292725027","title":"Sexual Textualities; Essays on Queer\/ing Latin American Writing (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292725027","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSexual Textualities\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays on Queer\/ing Latin American Writing\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid William Foster (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292725027\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 September 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e Since the 1991 publication of his groundbreaking book \u003ci\u003eGay and Lesbian Themes in Latin American Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, David William Foster has proposed a series of theoretical and critical principles for the analysis of Latin American culture from the perspectives of the queer. This book continues that project with a queer reading of literary and cultural aspects of Latin American texts. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Moving beyond its predecessor, which provided an initial inventory of Latin American gay and lesbian writing, \u003ci\u003eSexual Textualities\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes questions of gender representation in Latin American cultural productions to establish the interrelationships, tensions, and irresolvable conflicts between heterosexism and homoeroticism. The topics that Foster addresses include Eva Peron as a cultural\/sexual icon, feminine pornography, Luis Humberto Hermosillo's classic gay film\u003ci\u003e DoÑa Herlinda y su hijo\u003c\/i\u003e, homoerotic writing and Chicano authors, Matias Montes Huidobro's \u003ci\u003eExilio\u003c\/i\u003e and the representation of gay identity, representation of the body in Alejandra Pizarnik's poetry, and the crisis of masculinity in Argentine fiction from 1940 to 1960. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Preface \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e One. Agenda and Canon: Some Necessary Priorities \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Two. Evita PerÓ\u003cbr\u003en, Juan JosÉ\u003cbr\u003e Sebreli, and Gender \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Three. The Case for Feminine Pornography in Latin America \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Four. Queering the Patriarchy in Hermosillo’\u003cbr\u003es \u003ci\u003eDoÑ\u003cbr\u003ea Herlinda y su hijo\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Five. Homoerotic Writing and Chicano Authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Six. Montes Huidobro’\u003cbr\u003es \u003ci\u003eExilio\u003c\/i\u003e and the Representation of Gay Identity \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Seven. The Representation of the Body in the Poetry of Alejandra Pizarnik \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Eight. The Crisis of Masculinity in Argentine Fiction, 1940–\u003cbr\u003e1960 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e References \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530855575832,"sku":"9780292725027","price":14.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/sexual-textualities-essays-on-queer-ing-latin-american-writing-paperback-softback-9780292725027","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}