Bisbey Between Camp and Cursi

Humor and Homosexuality in Contemporary Mexican Narrative
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-4384-8667-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series, Genders in the Global South

Examines how contemporary Mexican literature uses humor to contest heteronormativity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bisbey, Brandon P.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Romanische Literaturen Lateinamerikanische Literaturen, Spanische Literatur außerhalb Europas

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Other Mexican Revolution: Camp and Cursilería in the Queer Self-Construction of Salvador Novo

2. Homosexuales de corazón: Humor, Homophobia, and How to be a Man at the End of the 20th Century

3. Dressing the Part: Literary Portrayals of Travestis, Locas, Vestidas, and Jotas

4. Having Your Cake and Eating It Too: Bisexual Bildungsromane from Dismodern Mexico

5. Machorra Camp and Lesbian Cursilería: Sexuality, Gender, and Humor in Narratives by and about Queer Women

Conclusions

Notes
Works Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Brandon P. Bisbey is Associate Professor of Spanish and Coordinator of Latina/o and Latin American Studies at Northeastern Illinois University.