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The Famous 41: Sexuality and Social Control in Mexico, 1901
R. Irwin (Ed.)
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Description for The Famous 41: Sexuality and Social Control in Mexico, 1901
Paperback. Editor(s): Irwin, Robert McKee; McCaughan, Edward J.; Nasser, Michelle. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJC; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
On November 17, 1901, Mexico City police raided a private party and arrested 41 men, half of whom were dressed as women. Clandestine transvestite balls were not unheard of at this time, and a raid would not normally gain national attention. However, Mexican cultural trends in literature, art, the sciences, and in journalism were inciting an atmosphere of sexual curiosity that was in search of the right turn of events to ignite a discursive explosion and focus interest on what was not a new phenomenon, but what was about to become a new concept: homosexuality. The editors treat the "nefarious" ... Read more
On November 17, 1901, Mexico City police raided a private party and arrested 41 men, half of whom were dressed as women. Clandestine transvestite balls were not unheard of at this time, and a raid would not normally gain national attention. However, Mexican cultural trends in literature, art, the sciences, and in journalism were inciting an atmosphere of sexual curiosity that was in search of the right turn of events to ignite a discursive explosion and focus interest on what was not a new phenomenon, but what was about to become a new concept: homosexuality. The editors treat the "nefarious" ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
New Directions in Latino American Cultures
Number of Pages
311
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403960498
SKU
V9781403960498
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About R. Irwin (Ed.)
Robert McKee Irwin is Chair of the Graduate Group in Cultural Studies and Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at University of California, Davis, USA.
Reviews for The Famous 41: Sexuality and Social Control in Mexico, 1901
'The Centenary of the Famous 41 is a rich contribution to the growing bibliography on the relationship between the state and sexuality. Taking an important case from 1901 in which police interrupted a clandestine party of drag queens in Mexico City, the editors first supply significant archival documentation taken from newspapers, graphic art, and lost fiction of the time and ... Read more