The dissidence of Reinaldo Arenas : queering literature, politics, and the activist curriculum /

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"Focusing on the didactic nature of the work of Reinaldo Arenas, this book demonstrates the Cuban writer's influence as public pedagogue, mentor, and social activist whose teaching on resistance to normative ideologies resonates in societies past, present, and future"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Barros, Sandro R. (Author), Ocasio, Rafael (Author), Willis, Angela L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville : University of Florida Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Arenas, Reinaldo, > 1943-1990 > Political and social views.
Arenas, Reinaldo, > 1943-1990
1900-1999
Authors, Cuban > 20th century > Biography.
Cuban literature > 20th century > Biography.
Homosexuality in literature.
Gay men's writings, Cuban.
Écrivains cubains > 20e siècle > Biographies.
Homosexualité dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American.
HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba.
Authors, Cuban
Cuban literature
Gay men's writings, Cuban
Homosexuality in literature
Political and social views
Electronic books.
Biographies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Reinaldo Arenas's Fearless Speech: Mapping the Parrhesiastes's Discourse as Pedagogy
  • "Actitudes Extravagantes" and Queering Identities: The Marginal Sexual Pedagogies of a Dissident Marielito
  • Colonial and Counterevolutionary Pedagogies: Homosexuality as Activism in El Central and Arturo, la estrella mas brillante
  • Reading Arenas through Currere: Autobiographical Lessons in Time-Traveling
  • Comparative Lessons from the Pariah's Text: Reinaldo Arenas's El color del verano and Juan Goytisolo's Juan sin tierra
  • Testifying to the Mentors? Deaths: Reinaldo Arenas's Factual and Fantastical Recreations of the Passing of José Lezama Lima and Virgilio Piñera.

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