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 ones ability to thrive. Each chapter serves to analyze how ones 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.
Introduction, Kathryn Quinn-Sįnchez
Chapter 1: The Haunting of Queer Latinidad in the Memoirs of Myriam Gurba and
Carmen Maria Machado, Alexander Lalama
Chapter 2: Interrogating the Heteronormative Landscapes of Judith Ortiz
Cofers The Line of the Sun and The Meaning of Consuelo, Marci Carrasquillo
Chapter 3: Economic Trans/actions and Space in Camila Sosa Villadas Las
malas y Fernanda Melchors Tiempo de huracanes, J. Agustķn Pastén B.
Chapter 4: The Contested Travesti Bodies of Las malas and Tesis sobre una
domesticación, John Kenneth Gibson
Chapter 5: The House of Forgetting: Control, Confinement and the Desire for
Liberation, Michele Shaul
Chapter 6: Capitalism, Heteropatriarchy, and the Birth of the US Mexico
Border: Contesting the Imperial Script in Texas: La gran ladronerķa en el
lejano norte (2012) by Carmen Boullosa, Joshua D. Martin
Chapter 7: Heteropatriarchal Capitalism and Southern Cone Oppression in
Carolina De Robertis Cantoras and The Gods of Tango, Kathryn Quinn-Sįnchez
Chapter 8: Success and Failure of la Loca: Neoliberalism, Terrorist Drag,
and Representational Strategies in Pedro Lemebels Loco Afįn, Crónicas de
Sidario, and Angel Lozadas No quiero quedarme sola y vacķa, Héctor Iglesias
Pascual
Conclusions, Kathryn Quinn-Sįnchez
About the Contributors
Kathryn Quinn-Sįnchez 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.
