Between camp and cursi : humor and homosexuality in contemporary Mexican narrative Between Camp and Cursi examines the role of humor in portrayals of homosexuality in contemporary Mexican literature. Brandon P. Bisbey argues that humor based on camp and cursileria a form of bad taste that expresses a sense of social marginalization is used to represent key social conflicts and contradictions of modernity in Mexico. Combining perspectives from queer theory humor theory and Latin American cultural studies Bisbey looks at a corpus of canonical and lesser known texts that treat a range of topics relevant to contemporary discussions of gender sexuality race and human rights in Mexico including sex work transvestitism bisexuality same sex marriage racism classism and homophobic and transphobic violence