Bodies And Biases: Sexualities In Hispanic Cultures And Literature (hispanic Issues)

"Essays study sexuality in several literary and cultural manifestations in the Hispanic world on both sides of the Atlantic from the Golden Age in Spain to the present. Examines sexuality in Don Quijote and watercolors painted by Gustavo Adolfo Becquer and his brother. Various essays also examine Latin American novels, magazines, and the bolero. Considers topics such as the concept of 'hispanidad', ethnicity, and nation in relation to diverse manifestations of sexuality"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Contents 8 Esto no es una despedida 10 Acknowledgments 12 Introduction: The Age of Suspicion: Mapping Sexualities in Hispanic Literary and Cultural Texts 14 Chapter 1 The Sexual Economy of Miguel de Cervantes 34 Chapter 2 The Sinful Scene: Transgression in Seventeenth-Century Spanish Drama (1625–1685) 57 Chapter 3 Desire and Decorum in the Twentieth-Century Colombian Novel 70 Chapter 4 Representations of Family and Sexuality in Brazilian Cultural Discourse 112 Chapter 5 The Body in Context: Don Quixote and Don Juan 148 Chapter 6 Popular Culture and Gender/Genre Construction in Mexican Bolero by Angeles Mastretta 170 Chapter 7 Sexing the Bildungsroman: Las edades de Lulú, Pornography, and the Pleasure Principle 198 Chapter 8 El diario de José Toledo: A Queer Space in the World of Mexican Letters 217 Chapter 9 Camilo's Closet: Sexual Camouflage in Denevi's Rosaura a las diez 236 Chapter 10 Monobodies, Antibodies, and the Body Politic: Sara Levi Calderón's Dos mujeres 250 Chapter 11 Not So Lonely: A Butch-Femme Reading of Cristina Peri-Rossi's Solitario de amor 271 Chapter 12 The Case for Feminine Pornography in Latin America 279 Chapter 13 The Pornographic Subject of Los borbones en pelota 307 Chapter 14 Codifying Homosexuality as Grotesque: The Writings of Virgilio Piñera 327 Chapter 15 Eroticism and Homoeroticism in Martín Fierro 349 Chapter 16 Intricacies of Brazilian Gayness: A Cross-Cultural and Cross-Temporal Approach 366 Chapter 17 The Ecstasy of Disease: Mysticism, Metaphor, and AIDS in Las virtudes del pájaro solitario 392 Afterword 430 Contributors 454 Index 458 A 458 B 459 C 460 D 462 E 462 F 463 G 463 H 464 I 465 J 466 K 466 L 466 M 467 N 468 O 468 P 468 Q 470 R 470 S 470 T 472 U 472 V 472 W 473 X 473 Y 473 Z 473 Looking at a wide range of cultural practices and artifacts, including television, popular music, and pornography, Bodies and Biases addresses representations of sexual behavior and collective identity, homosexuality, and ideologies of gender in historical and contemporary Hispanic culture. Topics include cross-dressing on the seventeenth-century Spanish stage, gay life in Cuba and Mexico, a butch-femme reading of Peri-Rossi's Solitario de amor, pornography, and queer and lesbian spaces. Some essays offer radical rereadings of canonical text such as Don Quixote and Martin Fierro; others bring to the fore lesser-known works, such as Marco Denevi's Rosaura a las diez and the writings of Virgilio Pinera. Reflecting a diversity of sociological, literary, and psychological theoretical underpinnings, Bodies and Biases is a fascinating analysis of sexuality in the context of Hispanic literature and culture. Looking at a wide range of cultural practices and artefacts, including television, popular music, and pornography, this text addresses representations of sexual behaviour and collective identity, homosexuality, and ideologies of gender in historical and contemporary Hispanic culture.