Homeboy Masculinity Reference library
José Navarro
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latina and Latino Literature
...movement away from her literal home, her cultura, y su familia , in the first chapter, “ Movimientos de rebeldía y las culturas que traicionan .” In this chapter, she argues that the expulsions of queer Chicanas from la familia is a repressive function of Chicana/o culture and, therefore, her move away from this repressive and ideological “home” is a movement of rebellion against heteropatriarchy. She then connects this critique of the Chicano home to her larger Chicana feminist framework that posits a necessity for a queer Chicana familia by giving voice...
Transnational Capitalism in Latina/o Literature Reference library
Rosaura Sánchez and Beatrice Pita
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latina and Latino Literature
...apparatuses since the 1940s. 5 Radical changes in one sphere of production always lead to additional changes in other spheres and to the expansion of capital to other areas. 6 Each new change in technology and production also leads to different cultural logics as well as to both the accommodation and resistance of workers, given the necessary class structure of capitalism. Capitalism has been global since its inception, although the notion of the “world” was limited before 1492 . Already by then there existed the absolutist state, as in...
Hispanic Caribbean Sexiles Reference library
Consuelo Martínez-Reyes
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latina and Latino Literature
...to a “real” (and the only) revolution going on in Cuba. Thus, leaving the island proved to be oppressive for Arenas, as he had to opt for the fixed sexual identity at work in the United States. 19 It follows that leaving the island for sexual “freedom” paradoxically became repressive and hindered his ability to connect his sexuality to his politics. 20 Many of the Cubans leaving the island during the Mariel Boatlift faced rejection due to their sexual practices both on the island and in the United States, as at the moment of their arrival the US Immigration...
Chicana/o Gang Narratives Reference library
José Navarro
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latina and Latino Literature
...assessment of the ideological limitations of social banditry, populist rebellions, and nationalist insurgencies.” He adds, “These crime-based subcultures are not always empowering and, to be honest, rarely revolutionary. On the contrary, crime-as-subaltern agency can be as repressive as, and integral to, colonial domination.” 55 Additionally, the cultural-nationalist framework connecting the bandido to the cholo is too broad and does not sufficiently situate the Chicana/o gang figure in the specific historical and material conditions from which the Chicana/o...
Print Culture and Censorship from Colonial Latin America to the US Latina/o Presence in the 19TH Century Reference library
Matthew J. K.Hill
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latina and Latino Literature
...materials required careful scrutiny through censorship, a familiar concept throughout Europe and not one exclusive to Spain or Portugal. Censorship in Spain took two different forms: a priori and a posteriori, that is, before publication (preventive) and after publication (repressive). 13 In 1502 , Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic kings, promulgated the first press censorship law in Spain, mandating that “no book should be printed, imported, or displayed for sale without the examination and previous license of the royal Council of Castile.” 14 In...
