Tropics of Desire
Jose Quiroga · 2000
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"In Tropics of Desire, Quiroga reads hesitant Mexican poets as sex-positive voices, he questions how outing and identity politics can fall prey to the manipulations of the state, and explores how invisibility has been used as a tactical tool in opposition to the universal imperative to come out.". "Drawing on diverse cultural examples such as the performance of bolero and salsa, film, literature, and correspondence, and influenced by masters like Roland Barthes, Walter Benjamin and a rich tradition of Latin American stylists, Quiroga argues for a politics that denies biological determinism and cannibalizes cultural stereotypes for the sake of political action."--BOOK JACKET.
Book details
- Year
- 2000
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Editions
- 2
- Pages
- 302
- ISBN
- 9780814769539
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