{"product_id":"queer-genealogies-in-dominican-literature-and-culture-paperback","title":"Queer Genealogies in Dominican Literature and Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracing cultural representations of queerness in the\u003cbr\u003eDominican Republic from the 1950s to the present\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, Maja\u003cbr\u003eHorn examines the evolution of queer Dominican literary and cultural production\u003cbr\u003efrom the 1950s to the present, challenging simplistic developmental narratives\u003cbr\u003eof LGBTIQ+ progress. Through an analysis of literature, theater, and activism, Horn\u003cbr\u003etraces how same-sex desire and gender nonconformity have been negotiated both\u003cbr\u003etacitly and overtly across the years.\u003cbr\u003eBeginning with\u003cbr\u003eearly forerunners, Horn looks at literary representations in works by Hilma\u003cbr\u003eContreras and Pedro René Contín Aybar during the 1930-1961 dictatorship of\u003cbr\u003eRafael Trujillo. Horn goes on to explore the emergence of queer nightlife\u003cbr\u003espaces during the Balaguer years through novels by Rita Indiana Hernández and\u003cbr\u003eRey Emmanuel Andújar. Horn discusses how the work of playwright Waddys Jáquez challenges\u003cbr\u003ereductive mainstream representations of trans subjects and HIV\/AIDS in the new\u003cbr\u003edemocratic era. The book concludes with a discussion of groundbreaking recent\u003cbr\u003etexts that have expanded portrayals beyond Santo Domingo and introduced new\u003cbr\u003eperspectives.\u003cbr\u003eThroughout \u003ci\u003eQueer\u003cbr\u003eGenealogies in Dominican Literature and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, Horn shows how class, \u003cbr\u003erace, and gender have shaped access to public space and strategies for\u003cbr\u003enegotiating sexuality. Horn also reveals the coexistence of different ways of\u003cbr\u003eexpressing queer identities. Recognizing the influence of coloniality and\u003cbr\u003enarratives of identity in the global North, Horn celebrates the shifting\u003cbr\u003egeographies and multiplicities of a uniquely creole Dominican queerness.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45599816187948,"sku":"9781683405542","price":48.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/82R1nqKqtf9781683405542.webp?v=1780573743","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/queer-genealogies-in-dominican-literature-and-culture-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}