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Author La Fountain-Stokes, Lawrence M. (Lawrence Martin), 1968-

Title Queer Ricans : cultures and sexualities in the diaspora / Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes
Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 242 pages)
Series Cultural studies of the Americas ; 23
Cultural studies of the Americas ; 23.
Contents Introduction: On queer diasporas and Puerto Rican migration histories -- The persecution of difference -- Autobiographical writing and shifting migrant experience -- Women's bodies, lesbian passions -- Visual happenings, queer imaginings -- Nuyorico and the utopias of the everyday
Summary Exploring cultural expressions of Puerto Rican queer migration from the Caribbean to New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and San Francisco, Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes analyzes how artists have portrayed their lives and the discrimination they have faced. Proposing a radical new conceptualization of Puerto Rican migration, he reveals how sexuality has shaped and defined the Puerto Rican experience in the United States
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Minority gays -- United States
Puerto Ricans -- United States -- Social life and customs
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gay Studies.
HISTORY -- Caribbean & West Indies -- General.
Minority gays
Puerto Ricans -- Social life and customs
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2009006991
ISBN 9780816667772
0816667772
Other Titles Cultures and sexualities in the diaspora