Irune Del Rio Gabiola

Resistant Bodies in the Cultural Productions of Transnational Hispanic Caribbean Women

Reimagining Queer Identity

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Using Chela Sandoval's theories of methodologies of the oppressed, this book examines the art created by several Caribbean women who use literature, film, graphic novels, music, testimonios, photographs, and other forms of art to convey social justice, democracy, and new ways of re/imaging marginal identities.

Produktdetails

• Latin American Gender and Sexualities
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781498520775
• ISBN-10: 1498520774
• Artikelnr.: 46004179

Autorenporträt

Irune del Rio Gabiola is associate professor of Spanish and director of the Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Program at Butler University.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Introduction: Dismantling Cultural Paradigms in search of
Inclusivity and Revolutionary Love Puerto Rico Chapter 1: Shame and
Failure: Positive Narratives to Re/image Queer Identity in the
Transnational Puerto Rican Context Chapter 2: A Queer Way of Family Life:
Narratives of Time and Space in Mayra Santos- Febres's Sirena Selena
vestida de pena Cuba Chapter 3: Divas, Atrevidas y Entendidas; Cuban Hip
Hop Group Krudas Cubensi ConQueering Love Across the Transnational Space
Chapter 4: Unbecoming Cuban-American: An Analysis of Cristy Road's Graphic
Narratives The Dominican Republic Chapter 5: Flexible Bodies in Cyberspace:
Representations of Dominicanidad in the art of Raquel Paiewonsky Chapter 6:
The Lesbian Body as Home: Queering Dominican Women's Experiences
Conclusion: Emancipatory Techniques in Contemporary Art in the
Transnational Caribbean Context References About the Author