Rethinking Chicana/o and Latina/o Popular Culture

DANIEL ENRIQUE PÉREZ is Assistant Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies, Chair of Ethnic Studies, and Faculty Associate of Gender, Race, and Identity Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA.

• Introduction Queer Chicano/Latino Bodies: Rethinking Gay Chicano/Latino Identities Violent Sexualities: Queering the Chicana/o and Latina/o Body Through Violence La Movie Rara: How and Why Chicana/o and Latina/o Films are Queer Conclusion

"Daniel Enrique Perez is a titan of Joteria Studies. He blasts the canon to show that the sexual identity of Latinos is far less stable than is conventionally thought." - Ilan Stavans, Author of The Hispanic Condition and On Borrowed Words