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11%OFFHiram P Rez - A Taste for Brown Bodies: Gay Modernity and Cosmopolitan Desire (Sexual Cultures) - 9781479845866 - V9781479845866
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A Taste for Brown Bodies: Gay Modernity and Cosmopolitan Desire (Sexual Cultures)

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Description for A Taste for Brown Bodies: Gay Modernity and Cosmopolitan Desire (Sexual Cultures) Paperback. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 5SG; JFFJ; JFSK2; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
Winner, LGBT Studies Lammy Award presented by Lambda Literary Neither queer theory nor queer activism has fully reckoned with the role of race in the emergence of the modern gay subject. In A Taste for Brown Bodies, Hiram Perez traces the development of gay modernity and its continued romanticization of the brown body. Focusing in particular on three figures with elusive queer histories-the sailor, the soldier, and the cowboy- Perez unpacks how each has been memorialized and desired for their heroic masculinity while at the same time functioning as agents for the expansion of the US borders and neocolonial ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
Series
Sexual Cultures
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781479845866
SKU
V9781479845866
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About Hiram P Rez
Hiram Perez is an Assistant Professor of English at Vassar College.

Reviews for A Taste for Brown Bodies: Gay Modernity and Cosmopolitan Desire (Sexual Cultures)
Perezs highly sophisticated study gives nuance not only to queer studies but also to critical race theory and American studies. Surely,A Taste for Brown Bodieswill transform our reading methods to redefine future scholarship in our field.
Men and Masculinities
Perez offers a provocative study that identifies connections between modern gay identity, sexual desire, US imperialism, and national identity. ... Read more

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