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 one's ability to thrive. Each chapter serves to analyze how one's 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.
Kathryn Quinn-Sanchez 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.
Introduction, Kathryn Quinn-Sanchez 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 Cofer's The Line of the Sun and The Meaning of Consuelo, Marci Carrasquillo Chapter 3: Economic Trans/actions and Space in Camila Sosa Villada's Las malas y Fernanda Melchor's Tiempo de huracanes, J. Agustin Pasten B. Chapter 4: The Contested Travesti Bodies of Las malas and Tesis sobre una domesticacion, 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 ladroneria 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-Sanchez Chapter 8: Success and Failure of 'la Loca': Neoliberalism, Terrorist Drag, and Representational Strategies in Pedro Lemebel's Loco Afan, Cronicas de Sidario, and Angel Lozada's No quiero quedarme sola y vacia, Hector Iglesias Pascual Conclusions, Kathryn Quinn-Sanchez About the Contributors
