Side Dishes

Latina American Women, Sex, and Cultural Production

Melissa A Fitch author Patrice Petro editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Rutgers University Press

Published:25th Jun '09

Currently unavailable, currently targeted to be due back around 15th November 2024, but could change

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Moving beyond the 'main dishes' of traditional literary works, ""Side Dishes"" offers a provocative and delicious new understanding of Latin American women's authorship and activism. The book illuminates a wealth of creative and intellectual work by Latin American women - editors, directors, cartoonists, academics, performance artists, and comedians - and explores them in light of their treatment of women's sexuality. ""Side Dishes"" considers feminist pornography and literary representations of masturbation, bisexuality, lesbianism, and sexual fantasies; the treatment of lust in stand-up comedy and science fiction; critical issues in leading feminist journals; and portrayals of sexuality in four contemporary Latin American films. Melissa A. Fitch concludes with a look at the rise of women's and gender studies programs in Latin America.

ISBN: 9780813545240

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208 pages