Between camp and cursi : humor and homosexuality in contemporary Mexican narrative /

"Between Camp and Cursi examines the role of humor in portrayals of homosexuality in contemporary Mexican literature. Brandon P. Bisbey argues that humor based on camp and cursileria -- a form of bad taste that expresses a sense of social marginalization -- is used to represent key social confl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bisbey, Brandon P. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : SUNY Press, [2022]
Colección:Genders in the global south.
Temas:
Mexican literature > History and criticism.
Homosexuality in literature.
Queer theory.
Humor in literature.
Gender identity > Mexico.
Littérature mexicaine > Histoire et critique.
Homosexualité dans la littérature.
Théorie queer.
Identité de genre > Mexique.
Gender identity
Homosexuality in literature
Humor in literature
Mexican literature
Queer theory
Mexico
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The other Mexican Revolution: camp and cursilería in the queer self-construction of Salvador Novo
  • Homosexuales de corazón: humor, homophobia, and how to be a man at the end of the 20th century
  • Dressing the part: literary portrayals of Travestis, Locas, Vestidas, and Jotas
  • Having your cake and eating it too: bisexual bildungsromane from dismodern Mexico
  • Machorra camp and lesbian cursilería: sexuality, gender, and humor in narratives by and about queer women
  • Conclusions.

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