Queer Latinidad - 9780814775509

Queer LatinidadIdentity Practices, Discursive Spaces\nAuthor(s): Juana Mara Rodrguez\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9780814775509, 978-0814775509\nSynopsis\nAn examination into queer identity in relation to Latino/a America\n According to the 2000 census, Latinos/as have become the largest ethnic minority group in the United States. Images of Latinos and Latinas in mainstream news and in popular culture suggest a Latin Explosion at center stage, yet the topic of queer identity in relation to Latino/a America remains under examined.\nJuana Mara Rodrguez attempts to rectify this dearth of scholarship in Queer Latinidad: Identity Practices, Discursive Spaces, by documenting the ways in which identities are transformed by encounters with language, the law, culture, and public policy. She identifies three key areas as the project's case studies: activism, primarily HIV prevention; immigration law; and c.