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In the Mexican Catholic tradition, retablos are ornamental structures made of carved wood framing an oil painting of a devotional image, usually a patron saint. The author commemorates the passion and the pain of these carvings in this book, a moving memoir of human experience and thought. The write...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tucson :
University of Arizona Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | Camino del sol.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the Mexican Catholic tradition, retablos are ornamental structures made of carved wood framing an oil painting of a devotional image, usually a patron saint. The author commemorates the passion and the pain of these carvings in this book, a moving memoir of human experience and thought. The writer continues to expand his oeuvre on mariposa (literally, "butterfly") memory, a genre he pioneered in which Chicano/a writers openly address non-traditional sexuality. For González, mariposa memory is important testimony not only about reconfiguring personal identity in relation to masculinity, culture, and religion. It's also about highlighting values like education, shaping a sex-positive discourse, and exercising agency through a public voice. It's about making the queer experience a Chicano experience and the Chicano experience a queer one. -- From publisher’s description. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780816599929 0816599920 |