TY - BOOK ID - 134034083 TI - Between camp and cursi : humor and homosexuality in contemporary Mexican narrative PY - 2021 SN - 9781438486666 9781438486659 1438486650 PB - Albany : State University of New York, DB - UniCat KW - Mexican literature KW - Homosexuality in literature. KW - Queer theory. KW - Humor in literature. KW - Gender identity KW - Gender identity. KW - Mexican literature. KW - History and criticism. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134034083 AB - "Between Camp and Cursi examines the role of humor in portrayals of homosexuality in contemporary Mexican literature. Brandon P. Bisbey argues that humor based on camp and cursileria -- a form of bad taste that expresses a sense of social marginalization -- is used to represent key social conflicts and contradictions of modernity in Mexico. Combining perspectives from queer theory, humor theory, and Latin American cultural studies, Bisbey looks at a corpus of canonical and lesser-known texts that treat a range of topics relevant to contemporary discussions of gender, sexuality, race, and human rights in Mexico--including sex work, transvestitism, bisexuality, same-sex marriage, racism, classism, and homophobic and transphobic violence." -- ER -