{"product_id":"9780814776865","title":"Queer Latinidad: Identity Practices, Discursive Spaces","description":"\u003cp\u003eAccording 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJuana Mar'a Rodr'guez attempts to rectify this dearth of scholarship in \u003cb\u003eQueer Latinidad: Identity Practices, Discursive Spaces\u003c\/b\u003e, 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 cyberspace. In each, Rodríguez theorizes the ways queer Latino\/a identities are enabled or constrained, melding several theoretical and methodological approaches to argue that these sites are complex and dynamic social fields.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she moves the reader from one disciplinary location to the other, Rodríguez reveals the seams of her own academic engagement with queer latinidad. This deftly crafted work represents a dynamic and innovative approach to the study of identity formation and representation, making a vital contribution to a new reformulation of gender and sexuality studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47110570737904,"sku":"9780814776865","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780814776865_p0.jpg?v=1763752555","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780814776865","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}