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Crossing through Chueca : lesbian literary culture in queer Madrid / Jill Robbins.

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In the past two decades the city of Madrid has been marked by pride, feminism, and globalization--but also by the vestiges of the machismo nurtured during the long years of the Franco dictatorship. "Crossing through Chueca" examines how lesbian literary culture fares in this mix from the e...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Robbins, Jill, 1962-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Spanish fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Spanish fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
Lesbianism in literature.
Lesbian culture > Spain.
Homosexuality and literature > Spain.
Publishers and publishing > Spain > Madrid > History.
Books and reading > Spain > Madrid > History > 20th century.
Books and reading > Spain > Madrid > History > 21st century.
Geographical perception > Spain > Madrid.
Books and reading.
Geographical perception.
Homosexuality and literature.
Lesbian culture.
Publishers and publishing.
Spanish fiction.
Spain.
Spain > Madrid.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface : marching toward marriage
  • A brief history of Chueca and Madrid's Queer space
  • Lesbian literary identities in the Madrid book business
  • The new safita: Andalusia and the phallic woman in Plumas de España
  • Lesbian-themed best-sellers and the politics of acceptance
  • Dislocations : identity and communication in Cenicienta en Chueca
  • Popular lesbian fiction : romance, literature, and legislation
  • Conclusion : toward lesbian visibility.

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