Tropics of Desire: Interventions from Queer Latino America

by José Quiroga

From its sweaty beats to the pulsating music on the streets, Latin/o America is perceived in the United States as the land of heat, the toy store for Western sex. It is the territory of magical fantasy and of revolutionary threat, where topography is the travel guide of desire, directing imperial voyeurs to the exhibition of the flesh.
Jose Quiroga flips the stereotype upside down: he shows how Latin/o American lesbians and gay men have consistently...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814769535
• ISBN13: 9780814769539
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"