Resistant Bodies in the Cultural Productions of Transnational Hispanic Caribbean Women : Reimagining Queer Identity.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (169 pages)
- Latin American Gender and Sexualities Series .
- Latin American Gender and Sexualities Series .
Intro -- Reimagining Queer Identity -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I Puerto Rico -- Chapter 1 Shame and Failure -- Chapter 2 A Queer Way of Family Life -- Part II Cuba -- Chapter 3 Divas, Atrevidas y Entendidas -- Chapter 4 Unbecoming Cuban-American -- Part III The Dominican Republic -- Chapter 5 Flexible Bodies in Cyberspace -- Chapter 6 The Lesbian Body as Home -- Conclusion Emancipatory Techniques in Contemporary Art in the Transnational Caribbean Context -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Author.
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.