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Author:   Andrés Lema-Hincapié ,  Debra A. Castillo
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9781438459103

ISBN 10:   1438459106
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   02 July 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Andres Lema-Hincapie and Debra A. Castillo Part I. Queer Subjectivity, Desire, and Eroticism 1. Queer Couples in Senora de Nadie (Maria Luisa Bemberg, 1982) David William Foster 2. Fresa y chocolate: The Allure of Passions and Controversies (Tomas Gutierrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabio, 1993) Cristina Venegas 3. A Gaynster Quasi-Tragedy: Eroticism and Secrets in Plata quemada (Marcelo Pineyro, 2000) Andres Lema-Hincapie 4. Pathology, Poetry and Pleasure: HIV/AIDS, Confessional Writing and S/M in Un ano sin amor (Anahi Berneri, 2005) Robert Deam Tobin Part II. Gay Authorship--Queer Agency and Spectatorship 5. La venganza del sexo: The Curious Mutation from Horror Fantasy into Sexploitation Film (Emilio Vieyra, 1967) Esteve Riambau 6. Inside-Out: A Socio-Spatial Reading of Mecanicas celestes (Fina Torres, 1995) Cecelia Burke Lawless 7. La Virgen de los Sicarios: From Novel to Film (Barbet Schroeder, 2000) Oscar Osorio 8. A Case Study in Transnational Gay Auteurism: Mil nubes de paz cercan el cielo (Julian Hernandez, 2004) Paul Julian Smith 9. Haunted: XXY (Lucia Puenzo, 2007) Debra A. Castillo Part III. Bisexuality Experiences and Lesbian Identities 10. Excluded Middle? Bisexuality in Dona Herlinda y su hijo (Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, 1985) Daniel Balderston 11. The Construction of the Bisexual Subject in No se lo digas a nadie (Francisco Lombardi, 1998) Alfredo J. Sosa-Velasco 12. Lesbians Made in Mexico: Sexual Diversity and Transnational Fluxes Maria de la Cruz Castro Ricalde Part IV. Queer Relations with Families, Government, and Nation 13. Clothes Make the Man: Closet, Cabaret, Cinema in El lugar sin limites (Arturo Ripstein, 1978) Claudia Schaefer 14. Families, Landowners, Servants, and Siblings in La cienaga (Lucrecia Martel, 2001) David Oubina 15. Mapping Guilt, Betrayal, and Redemption: En la ciudad sin limites (Antonio Hernandez, 2002) Chris Perriam 16. Ronda nocturna: A Homage to Buenos Aires (Edgardo Cozarinsky, 2005) Dieter Ingenschay Contributors Index of Terms Index of Names Index of Concepts

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""This book is an exciting, thought-provoking introduction to LGBTQ films from Latin America ... Highly recommended."" - CHOICE

This book is an exciting, thought-provoking introduction to LGBTQ films from Latin America ... Highly recommended. - CHOICE

Author Information

Andres Lema-Hincapie is Associate Professor of Ibero-American Literatures and Cultures at the University of Colorado Denver. He is the coeditor (with Conxita Domenech) of Pedro Calderon de la Barca's La vida es sueno: Philosophical Crossroads, and the assistant editor of Burning Darkness: A Half Century of Spanish Cinema (edited by Joan Ramon Resina), also published by SUNY Press. Debra A. Castillo is Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow, Emerson Hinchliff Professor of Hispanic Studies, and Professor of Comparative Literature at Cornell University. Her many books include Redreaming America: Toward a Bilingual American Culture, also published by SUNY Press.

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