Lewis, Vek. creator text bibliography nyu New York, NY Palgrave Macmillan 2010 1st ed. monographic eng

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271 p. ; 22 cm. Thinking figurations otherwise: reframing dominant knowledges on sex and gender variance in Latin America -- Grotesque spectacles: the Janus face of the State and gender variant bodies in Reinaldo Arenas -- Life is (more than) a cabaret: gender crossing and "trans" signification in contemporary cinema from Latin America -- Authorising subjectivity: eroticism, epidemia and the in/validation of bodies in Pedro Juan Gutierrez's el Rey de la habana and Mario Bellatin's Salón de belleza -- Trans bodies, popular culture and (national) identity in crisis: Luis Zapata's La hermana secreta de Angelica Maria and Mayra Santos-Febres's Sirena Selena vestida de pena -- Scandalous embodiments, shameful citizenships: loca and travesti subjectivities in the work of Pedro Lemebel. Vek Lewis. Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-264) and index. cl----- Latin American literature 20th century History and criticism Latin American literature 21st century History and criticism Transgender people in literature Gender identity in literature Motion pictures Latin America History 20th century Motion pictures Latin America History 21st century Transgender people in motion pictures Gender identity in motion pictures PQ 7081 L673c 2010 860.9/35266 9780230104020 (alk. paper) 0230104029 (alk. paper) 2009053916 DLC 100111 20230410130900.0 112821