Between Camp and Cursi

Brandon P. Bisbey is Associate Professor of Spanish and Coordinator of Latina/o and Latin American Studies at Northeastern Illinois University.

"Between Camp and Cursi is a welcome addition to the study of a branch of Mexican literature that has been neglected over the years. Brandon Bisbey dissects with an expert hand these narratives and amply demonstrates the rich variety of the gay experience in Mexico and the desire of authors to engage with and challenge homosexual and lesbian stereotypes with camp and cursi humor … Students at all levels of university will find this book full of rich insight and solid arguments that will broaden their understanding of issues of homosexuality as they have slowly emerged in a country known for its homophobia and machismo." — Hispania"Between Camp and Cursi explores an area of study—humor—that demands further research in contemporary Mexican literature. Bisbey's analysis blends together an eclectic yet coherent mix of texts and is sure to be attractive to a wide variety of readers in Mexican literary and cultural studies, Latin American studies, and gender and sexuality studies." — Vinodh Venkatesh, author of Capitán Latinoamérica: Superheroes in Cinema, Television, and Web Series

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Other Mexican Revolution: Camp and Cursilería in the Queer Self-Construction of Salvador Novo2. Homosexuales de corazón: Humor, Homophobia, and How to be a Man at the End of the 20th Century3. Dressing the Part: Literary Portrayals of Travestis, Locas, Vestidas, and Jotas4. Having Your Cake and Eating It Too: Bisexual Bildungsromane from Dismodern Mexico5. Machorra Camp and Lesbian Cursilería: Sexuality, Gender, and Humor in Narratives by and about Queer WomenConclusionsNotesWorks CitedIndex