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Las ciudades del deseo: Las políticas de género, sexualidad y espacio urbano en el Caribe hispano

Las ciudades del deseo: Las políticas de género, sexualidad y espacio urbano en el Caribe hispano

Valdez, Elena

Hardcover

Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures

Literary CriticismGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 1612498167
ISBN13: 9781612498164
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Published: Nov 15 2022
Pages: 246
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: Spanish

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 ties, patriarchal norms, or biological procreation, but rather starts incorporating previously excluded racial identities and sexual practices. By juxtaposing the narratives of the three countries and putting into dialogue the topics of nationality, sexuality, urban space, and sex tourism, Las ciudades del deseo breaks away from a tradition that tends to study them separately. The book contributes new perspectives on an emerging culture of resistance to heteronormative dynamics and power structures that is developing simultaneously in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. It sheds light on larger connections between literature and LGBTQ activism in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean.

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