Sexual textualities
Subtitle: essays on queer/ing Latin American writing
By: by David William Foster.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Texas Pan American series
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Latin American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Homosexuality in literature.; Sex role in literature.; Homosexuality and literature -- Latin America.; Literature and society -- Latin America.
Description: "Author continues his work on gay studies by questioning the makeup of the canon and the occlusion of the queering rhetoric. Includes essays on homoerotic writing by Chicano authors, lesbian desire in representations of Evita, feminine pornography in Latin America, and the crisis of masculinity in Argentine fiction. Very well researched; theoretically sound and provocative. Required reading in queer studies. See also HLAS 48:5657 and item #bi 97002052# by the same author"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-173) and index.