Atravesados by Frederick Luis Aldama PAPERBACK 9781496854490

AtravesadosEssays on Queer Latinx Young Adult Literature\nAuthor(s): Trevor Boffone, Cristina Herrera, Frederick Luis Aldama\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University Press of Mississippi, United States\nImprint: University Press of Mississippi\nISBN-13: 9781496854490, 978-1496854490\nSynopsis\nContributions by Frederick Luis Aldama, T. Jackie Cuevas, Alexander Lalama, Angel Daniel Matos, Regina Marie Mills, Joseph Miranda, Jesus Montao, Domino Renee Perez, Regan Postma-Montao, Cristina Rhodes, and Sonia Alejandra Rodriguez\n\nAtravesados: Essays on Queer Latinx Young Adult Literature shows how Latinx queer YA writers discard the \""same old story,\"" and offer critical representations of queerness that broaden YA writing and insist on the presence of queer teens of color. Atravesados draws on foundational Chicana queer theorist Gloria Anzaldas notion of \""atravesados\"" to speak to the spectrum of queer youth Latinidades as they materialize in YA literature. Los atravesados, according .