Queering and Querying the Paradise of Paradox - Lgbt Language, New Media, and Visual Cultures in Modern-Day Brazil

Provides the first comprehensive discourse analysis of the dynamics and features of the largest LGBT Pride Parade in the world.

Sommario

Introduction: Pondering the Paradise of Paradox: LGBTI+ Culture in Brazil Today
Chapter 1. A Decade of Decadence: The Emergence of the Largest Gay Pride Parade on the Planet
(1997 - 2006)
Chapter 2. Winter Carnaval fora de época?: Progression and Retrogression in São Paulo's LGBT Pride Parade (2007 - 2011)
Chapter 3. WhatsZapping the LGBT Pride Parade of São Paulo: Fake News and the (Ab)uses of Social Media Platforms in Digital Brazil (2012 - 2020)
Chapter 4. Looking Them Up (and Down): What (Homo)Sexuality Means in Brazilian Reference Works
Chapter 5. Translating Trans in Brazilian Culture
Chapter 6. Tracing the Trenches of the Travesti Travesty: Trans Photography and Artivism in Brazil
Chapter 7. (For)Getting Far Away from Home: Cinematic Representations of 21st-Century (LGB)Trans Brazil
Chapter 8. What's Queer Got to do With It? Queernormativity and Heterobrasilidade in Brazil's Queermuseu
Epilogue: The (R)evolving Closet Door in LGBT Brazil
Appendix: The Queer-stionnaire
Notes
Bibliography
Newspaper Articles and Periodicals Cited in Chapters 1 - 3
Filmography of 21st-Century LGBT Brazilian Cinema
Index

Info autore

Steven F. Butterman is Associate Professor of Portuguese at the University of Miami.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Steven F. Butterman
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781538150887
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-5088-7
• Pagine: 318
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Latin America, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, Caribbean islands, Politics & government, Gender studies, gender groups, Gay & Lesbian studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, Gay & Lesbian studies / LGBTQ studies, Latin America - Mexico, Central America, South America, Gender studies: transgender, transsexual, intersex people, Gender studies: transgender & intersex