Plebeian Prose

AvNéstor Perlongher

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Plebeian Prose is a key work by the pioneering Argentine Brazilian anthropologist, sociologist and poet Néstor Perlongher. Perlongher, whose work has been highly influential in the development of Latin American cultural theory and literature, represents an original critical ‘queer’ voice in Latin American thought.This book is an exploration of the politics of desire, questions of identity, Latin American neo-baroque aesthetics, sexual dissidence, violence and jouissance. Prompted by his reading of Gilles Deleuze, the link between politics and desire remains central to all Perlongher’s reflections and gives his writings a lasting topicality. A thinker of the streets with a keen interest in those on the margins of society, the ideas that are developed in this book offer a lucid critique of capitalism and institutional power. Perlongher’s approach also reflects a particular Latin American neo-baroque style, a mode of critique whose value endures today.Providing insight into Latin American culture and politics of the late twentieth century, Plebeian Prose will be of particular interest to anyone working on critical theory, literary theory, anthropology, sociology and gender studies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-05-31
Mått:137 x 213 x 25 mm
Vikt:408 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Critical South
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9781509534548
Översättare:Frances Riddle

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Néstor Perlongher (1949–92) was an Argentine Brazilian poet, anthropologist and activist, as well as a professor at the University of Campinas, São Paulo.

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‘Irreverent and tender in equal measure, these essays carry the energy of radical queer poetics into the streets where social bodies and capitalist impulses collide in the shadow of fascism. Brimming with perverse splendour and neo-baroque viscosities, Perlongher’s classic text has much to teach contemporary movements about the role of queer aesthetics, imaginative sexual politics, and the dynamism of language as a revolutionary force.’Juana María Rodríguez, author of Sexual Futures, Queer Gestures, and Other Latina Longings

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction - Cecilia PalmeiroPrologue. Prosaic Perlongher - Christian Ferrer and Osvaldo BaigorriaSixty-nine Questions for Néstor PerlongherDesire and PoliticsCover Up, GirlLoca SexDon’t Lift the Lid, We’re On Shaky GroundBrazil: the Transvestite InvasionA Marica is MurderedLust and Violence in the World of the NightCorporal OrderAvatars of the Boys of the NightThe Force of CarnivalismLiving Room Deficiency SyndromeMinoritary BecomingHistory of the Argentinian Gay Liberation FrontThe Disappearance of HomosexualityMuddy BaroqueSandy Beaches to Muddy DeltaFoot FetishBaroqueificationCuba, Sex, and a Bridge to Buenos AiresDress Straps for PuigFlows in the Fjord. Baroque and the Body in Osvaldo LamborghiniOn AlambresAnthropology of EcstasyUrban PoeticsPoetry and EcstasyThe Religion of AyahuascaThe Argentine FalklandsAll Power to Lady DiIsland IllusionsIsland DesiresEva PerónEvita LivesThe CorpseMacabre GemsThe Corpse of the NationMiscellaneousAcronymsCredit for TancredoLake NahuelBlueCorpsesAppendixThe Gay Struggle in ArgentinaBiographic TimelineNotesIndex