Archiving an Epidemic - 9781479845309

Archiving an EpidemicArt, AIDS, and the Queer Chicanx Avant-Garde\nAuthor(s): Robb Hernndez\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9781479845309, 978-1479845309\nSynopsis\nHonorable Mention, 2021 Latinx Studies Section Outstanding Book Award, given by the Latin American Studies Association\n Winner, 2020 Latino Book Awards in the LGBTQ+ Themed Section\n Finalist, 2019 Lambda Literary Award in LGBTQ Studies\n Critically reimagines Chicanx art, unmasking its queer afterlife \n Emboldened by the boom in art, fashion, music, and retail culture in 1980s Los Angeles, the iconoclasts of queer Aztlnas Robb Hernndez terms the group of artists who emerged from East LA, Orange County, and other parts of Southern California during this perioddeveloped a new vernacular with which to read the city in bloom. Tracing this important but understudied body of work, Archiving an Epidemic catalogs a queer retelling of the Chica.