Federico Garcia Lorca and the Culture of Male Homosexuality
Contributors: Alberto Mira (Foreword); Erica Frouman-Smith (Translator)
Edition: English-language Ed edition
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: May 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780786428977
Subjects: Gay studies (Gay men); Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Spanish; European - Spanish & Portuguese; Gay & Lesbian; Gay Studies; Literature & Fiction / Literary Criticism; Homosexuality and literature; Homosexuality in literature; Spain
Description: "This book appeared in Spain as counter-discourse against prevailing ideological structures. Engaging with homosexuality as an imperative source of meaning in artistic work, this volume studies the works of Federico García Lorca and his marginalized homosexual contemporaries. This new updated translation offers English-speaking readers the opportunity to focus on formal aspects of literary expressions of homosexuality"--Provided by publisher.