Brown on Brown: Chicano/A Representations of Gender, Sexuality, and Ethnicity

by Frederick Luis Aldama

Common conceptions permeating U.S. ethnic queer theory tend to confuse aesthetics with real-world acts and politics. Often Chicano/a representations of gay and lesbian experiences in literature and film are analyzed simply as propaganda. The cognitive, emotional, and narrational ingredients (that is, the subject matter and the formal traits) of those representations are frequently reduced to a priori agendas that emphasize a politics of difference...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292709404
• ISBN13: 9780292709409
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"