Affect, Gender and Sexuality in Latin America

This book emphasizes the significance of affects, feelings and emotions in howwe think about politics, gender and sexuality in Latin America. Considering thecomplex and even contradictory social processes that the region is experiencingtoday, many Latin American authors are turning to affect to find a key tounderstand our present situation, to revisit our history, and to imagine new possibilities for the future. This tendency has shown such a specificity andsometimes departure from northern productions that it compels us to focusmore deeply on its own arguments, methods, and critical contributions. Thisvolume features essays that explore the particularities of Latin American ways ofthinking about affect and how they can shed new light into our understanding of,gender, sexuality and politics.