Side Dishes: Latina American Women, Sex, and Cultural Production

Side Dishes: Latina American Women, Sex, and Cultural Production

by Melissa Fitch
Side Dishes: Latina American Women, Sex, and Cultural Production

Side Dishes: Latina American Women, Sex, and Cultural Production

by Melissa Fitch

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Overview

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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780813545240
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication date: 06/25/2009
Series: New Directions in International Studies Series
Pages: 220
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Melissa A. Fitch is an associate professor in the department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Arizona. She is the coauthor of Culture and Customs in Argentina and the former editor of Studies in Latin American Culture. Her essays on Latin American theater, film, and popular culture have been published in numerous journals.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgements Introduction: Appetizer Lust Pop Issues Flicks Class Epilogue: Leftovers Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
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