Title Queering the Chilean way : cultures of exceptionalism and sexual dissidence, 1965-2015 / Carl Fischer

Published New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Nature, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 281 pages) : illustrations (some color) Series New directions in Latino American cultures New directions in Latino American cultures. Contents The monstrous masculinities of Chile's agrarian reform, 1965-1970 -- The exceptional art of gendered utopias, 1970-1973 -- Queering the state of exception, 1973-1990 -- Politicizing the Loca body after the dictatorship, 1990-2005 -- Exceptionalism, the female body, and the public sphere in the Bachelet Era, 2006-2015 Summary This book examines and critiques the fact that Chile's claims to economic exceptionalism have been embodied, often quite aggressively, in a heterosexual, and primarily male, ideal. Despite the many shifts Chilean economics and politics have undergone over the past fifty years, the country's view of itself as a "model" in contrast to other Latin American countries has remained constant. By deploying an artistic, literary, and cinematic archive of queer figures from this period, this book draws parallels among the exceptionalisms of Chile's economic discourse, the subjects deemed most (and least) apt to embody it, and the maneuvers of its cultural production between local and global ideas of gender and politics to delineate its place in the world. Queering the "Chilean Way" thus sheds light on the sexual, economic, and aesthetic dimensions of exceptionalism--at its heart, a discourse of exclusion that often comprises a major element of nationalism--in Chile and throughout the Americas Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 273) and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed May 16, 2017) In Springer eBooks Subject Sexual minorities -- Political aspects -- Chile Exceptionalism -- Chile Masculinity -- Political aspects -- Chile Sociology. Sociology sociology. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General. Economic history Exceptionalism Masculinity -- Political aspects Politics and government SUBJECT Chile -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91005381 Chile -- Politics and government -- 21st century Chile -- Economic conditions -- 20th century Chile -- Economic conditions -- 21st century Subject Chile Form Electronic book ISBN 9781137562487 113756248X

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