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Las Ciudades Del Deseo: Las Políticas De Género, Sexualidad Y Espacio Urbano En El Caribe Hispano, Elena Valdez
Las Ciudades Del Deseo: Las Políticas De Género, Sexualidad Y Espacio Urbano En El Caribe Hispano, Elena Valdez
Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures
Las ciudades del deseo explores the representations of gender, sexuality, and urban space in contemporary narratives from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. By examining a corpus of novels published since 2000, this book shows how the changes in urban landscape create a new image of the city that destroys traditional gender roles and produces different discourses on sexuality. At moments of crisis in political agendas that took place between 1990 and 2000, queer subjects became spokespeople outlining new national projects on each island, while claiming space in the national imaginary. The nation is no longer built on blood …
La Voz Spring 2020, El Instituto: Institute Of Latina/O, Caribbean, And Latin American Studies
La Voz Spring 2020, El Instituto: Institute Of Latina/O, Caribbean, And Latin American Studies
La Voz
In this issues:
- MA Student Randy Torres Awarded Mead Fellowship
- MA Student Spotlight: Victoria Almodovar
- Mark Overmyer-Velazquez to Publish Updated Translation
- Can Inclusive Programs Reduce Labor Market Discrimination?
- Exploring Mexico's Industrial Revolutions
- Anti-Haitian Stereotypes in Dominican Media
- Writing Puerto Rican History at UConn's Humanities Institute
- New State Course in African American, Latino, and Puerto Rican Studies