Reinaldo Arenas and the Cultural Canon: Queer Intertextuality and Rewriting the Self

Exploring how Reinaldo Arenas reimagined literary classics as queer, subversive parodies that undermine oppressive power

This book offers a fresh reading of the work of Reinaldo Arenas, showing how the Cuban writer reimagined literary and visual classics as parodies that challenge oppressive power structures. Incorporating his own life experiences, Arenas transformed canonical figures, genres, and narratives into carnivalesque intertexts that dismantle dominant ideologies. By queering Cuba’s...