The Queering of Cuban History: Carmelita Tropicana and Memories of the Revolution
PDF

Keywords

Specific Literature
American literature
Time Period
1900-1999
Subject Author
Tropicana
Carmelita
Subject Work
Memories of the Revolution (1986)
Literary Genre
drama
Literary Theme
(treatment of) protagonist
(relationship to) lesbianism
Cuban

How to Cite

Caballero, I. Carolina. “The Queering of Cuban History: Carmelita Tropicana and Memories of the Revolution”. Latin American Theatre Review, vol. 37, no. 2, Mar. 2004, pp. 127-40, https://doi.org/10.17161/latr.v37i2.1467.

Abstract

Through the persona Carmelita Tropicana, Alina Troyano explores her Cuban, American, and queer identities by re-writing Cuban history in Memories of the Revolution. Here Troyano queers the heteronormative interpretation of her communities’ past by including alternative sexual and gender representations. Through this political process, Troyano ultimately writes a space for herself within these culture(s). (ICC)
PDF

All items © The Center of Latin American Studies and Caribbean Studies, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, U.S.A. Authors: If you prefer to remove your text(s) from this database please contact Dr. Stuart A. Day (day@ku.edu)

Metrics

Metrics Loading ...