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Non-Normative Sexualities in US Latinx and Latin American Literature Through a Capitalist Lens studies how Latin American and Latinx authors represent non-normative sexualities through a capitalist lens. In our society, heterosexuality manifests as privilege and has been normalized to such an extent that any sexuality that is perceived as different from the dominant cis-gendered, heteropatriarchal norm is considered deviant. Non-normative sexualities continue to be viewed by society as detrimental to the health of the nation. Consequently, how one is perceived by the dominant culture continues to limit one’s ability to thrive. Each chapter serves to analyze how one’s perceived gender identity or sexuality can block access to economic opportunity. Queer, trans, spatial and intersectional theories form the base of the literary analyses. One of the contributors’ goals is to present capitalism as it is intersectionally present in life, identity, and society. The authors studied in this collection come from the USA, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and the Southern Cone of Latin America.
Kathryn Quinn-Sánchez is professor of world languages and cultures at Georgian Court University in Lakewood, New Jersey.Michele Shaul is director of the Center for Latino Studies, professor of Spanish at Queens University of Charlotte, and chair of the World Languages Department.
Introduction, Kathryn Quinn-SánchezChapter 1: The Haunting of Queer Latinidad in the Memoirs of Myriam Gurba and Carmen Maria Machado, Alexander LalamaChapter 2: Interrogating the Heteronormative Landscapes of Judith Ortiz Cofer’s The Line of the Sun and The Meaning of Consuelo, Marci CarrasquilloChapter 3: Economic Trans/actions and Space in Camila Sosa Villada’s Las malas y Fernanda Melchor’s Tiempo de huracanes, J. Agustín Pastén B.Chapter 4: The Contested Travesti Bodies of Las malas and Tesis sobre una domesticación, John Kenneth GibsonChapter 5: The House of Forgetting: Control, Confinement and the Desire for Liberation, Michele ShaulChapter 6: Capitalism, Heteropatriarchy, and the Birth of the US –Mexico Border: Contesting the Imperial Script in Texas: La gran ladronería en el lejano norte (2012) by Carmen Boullosa, Joshua D. MartinChapter 7: Heteropatriarchal Capitalism and Southern Cone Oppression in Carolina De Robertis’ Cantoras and The Gods of Tango, Kathryn Quinn-SánchezChapter 8: Success and Failure of ‘la Loca’: Neoliberalism, Terrorist Drag, and Representational Strategies in Pedro Lemebel’s Loco Afán, Crónicas de Sidario, and Angel Lozada’s No quiero quedarme sola y vacía, Héctor Iglesias PascualConclusions, Kathryn Quinn-SánchezAbout the Contributors