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The queer Nuyorican : racialized sexualities and aesthetics in Loisaida / Karen Jaime

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Jaime, Karen
Published
New York : New York University Press, [2021]
Copyright Date
©2021
Physical Description
ix, 207 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.

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Contents
Introduction: Welcome to the Nuyorican -- Walking poetry in Loisaida -- This is the remix : Regie Cabico's Filipino shuffle -- Tens across the board : the glam slam at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe -- Black Cracker's "Chasing rainbows" : hip-hop minstrelsy, queer futurity, and trans multiplicity -- Conclusion: the open room.
Summary
"The Queer Nuyorican is the first queer genealogy and critical study of the historical, political and cultural conditions under which the term "Nuyorican" shifts from a raced/ethnic identity marker to "Nuyorican, " an aesthetic practice. While "Nuyorican, " uppercase "N, " marks an ethnic, political, and cultural identity signifying Puerto Rican community, culture, and struggle in New York City from the late 1960s through the 1980s, "Nuyorican, " lowercase "n, " references an aesthetic practice that developed alongside the spoken word and competitive slam poetry scene in the 1990s. The Nuyorican aesthetic queers fixed definitions of Nuyorican identity by recognizing and including queer poets and performers of color whose writing and performance build upon the politics inherent in the Cafe's founding. Initially situated within the Cafe's physical space and countercultural discursive history, the Nuyorican aesthetic extends beyond these gendered and ethnic boundaries, broadening the ethnic marker Nuyorican in order to include queer, trans, and diasporic performance modalities"--
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9781479808281 hardcover
1479808288 hardcover
9781479808298 paperback
1479808296 paperback
9781479808274 electronic book
9781479808304 electronic book
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-198) and index.
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