Overview

"Examines the intersections of ""Latino,"" ""queer,"" and ""American,"" to illustrate how the categories of class, race, gender, sexuality, and ethnicity are directly entangled with issues of citizenship and belonging."

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Author:   María-Amelia Viteri ,  Salvador Vidal-Ortiz
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9781438453347

ISBN 10:   1438453345
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   02 July 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Translating Sexual and Racial Borders 2. The Meanings around ""Loca"": Revisiting Language, Space, and Sexuality 3. ""Latino"" and ""Queer"" as Sites of Translation: Intersections of ""Race,"" Ethnicity, Class, and Sexuality 4. Inserting the ""I"" in the Fieldwork 5. Conclusion Notes References Index"

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A sophisticated ethnographer and linguistic anthropologist, Viteri provides a rich analysis of heretofore understudied populations. This is a pioneering study. - Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes, author of Queer Ricans: Cultures and Sexualities in the Diaspora

Author Information

Maria-Amelia Viteri is Associate Researcher and Professor of Anthropology at FLACSO/Ecuador (Latin American Graduate School of Social Sciences) and Visiting Scholar at the Latin American and Latino Studies Institute at Fordham University. She is the coeditor (with Aaron Tobler) of Shifting Positionalities: The Local and International Geo-Politics of Surveillance and Policing.

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