Homecoming Queers: Desire and Difference in Chicana Latina Cultural Production (Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States)

Homecoming Queers provides a critical discussion of the multiple strategies used by queer Latina authors and artists in the United States to challenge silence and invisibility within mainstream media, literary canons, and theater spaces. Marivel T. Danielson's analysis reveals the extensive legacy of these cultural artists, including novelists, filmmakers, students and activists, comedians, performers, and playwrights. By clearly discussing the complexities and universalities of ethnic, racial, sexual, gender, and class intersections between queer Chicana and U.S. Latinas, Danielson explores the multiple ways identity shapes and shades creative expression. Weaknesses and gaps are revealed in the treatment of difference as a whole, within dominant and marginalized communities. Spanning multiple genres and forms, and including scholarly theory alongside performances, films, narratives, and testimonials, Homecoming Queers leads readers along a crucial path toward understanding and overcoming the silences that previously existed across these fields. Frontmatter Acknowledgments (page ix) 1 Queering Home: Desire Meets Theory Meets Art (page 1) 2 Speaking Selves: Language and Identity in Transition (page 10) 3 Moving Violations: Performing the Limits of Representation in Marga Gomez's jaywalker (page 41) 4 The Birdy and the Bees: Queer Chicana Girlhood in Carla Trujillo's What Night Brings (page 68) 5 Complicating Community: Terri de la Peña, Cristina Serna, Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Ela Troyano, and Carmelita Tropicana (page 92) 6 Performing the Erotics of Home: Monica Palacios, Marga Gomez, and Carmelita Tropicana (page 121) 7 Dancing with Devils: Gendered Violence in Novels by Emma Pérez and Achy Obejas (page 144) 8 Our Art is Our Weapon: Women of Color Transforming Academia (page 168) Notes (page 191) Bibliography (page 201) Index (page 211) Queering Home: Desire Meets Theory Meets Art -- Speaking Selves: Language And Identity In Transition -- Moving Violations: Performing The Limits Of Representation In Marga Gomez's Jaywalker -- The Birdy And The Bees: Queer Chicana Girlhood In Carla Trujillo's What Night Brings -- Complicating Community: Terri De La Peña, Cristina Serna, Frances Negrón Muntaner, Ela Troyano, And Carmelita Tropicana -- The Erotics Of Home: Monica Palacios, Marga Gomez, And Carmelita Tropicana -- Dancing With Devils: Gendered Violence In Novels By Emma Pérez And Achy Obejas -- Our Art Is Our Weapon: Women Of Color Transforming Academia. Marivel T. Danielson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 201-209) And Index. Queering home: desire meets theory meets art Speaking selves: language and identity in transition Moving violations: performing the limits of representation in Marga Gomez's Jaywalker The birdy and the bees: gendered and desiring bodies in Carla Trujillo's What night brings Complicating community: Terri De La Peña, Cristina Serna and Frances Negrón Muntaner The erotics of home: Monica Palacios, Marga Gomez and Carmelita Tropicana Dancing with devils: Emma Pérez and Achy Obejas Live theory: women of color transforming academia. Provides a discussion of the multiple strategies used by queer Latina authors and artists in the US to challenge silence and invisibility within mainstream media, literary canons, and theater spaces. This work explores the multiple ways identity shapes and shades creative expression.