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Atravesados: Essays on Queer Latinx Young Adult Literature Trevor Boffone 9781496854483

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Contributions by Frederick Luis Aldama, T. Jackie Cuevas, Alexander Lalama, Angel Daniel Matos, Regina Marie Mills, Joseph Miranda, Jesus Montano, Domino Renee Perez, Regan Postma-Montano, Cristina Rhodes, and Sonia Alejandra Rodriguez

Atravesados: Essays on Queer Latinx Young Adult Literature
shows how Latinx queer YA writers discard the "same old story," and offer critical representations of queerness that broaden YA writing and insist on the presence of queer teens of color. Atravesados draws on foundational Chicana queer theorist Gloria Anzaldua's notion of "atravesados" to speak to the spectrum of queer youth Latinidades as they materialize in YA literature. Los atravesados, according to Anzaldua, are "The squint-eyed, the perverse, the queer, the troublesome, the mongrel, the mulato, the half-breed, the half dead; in short, those who cross over, pass over, or through the confines of the 'normal.'" Los atravesados reside in the borderlands space of ni de aqui ni de alla, neither here nor there, present yet liminal, their queerness the very source of both frustration and empowerment, a paradox of joy and tragedy. Although written in 1987, Anzaldua's theory speaks to the realities of queer Latinx teens that fill the pages of YA literature well into the twenty-first century. Characters such as Juliet from Gabby Rivera's Juliet Takes a Breath, Aaron from Adam Silvera's More Happy Than Not, or the titular Chulito from Charles Rice-Gonzales's novel encompass the highs, lows, and everything in-betweenness of queer Latinx teen lived experiences. This collection tells their stories.

Contributors speak to the spectrum of queer youth Latinidades as they materialize in YA literature, paying close attention to representation and the ways youth are portrayed-whether accurate or stereotypical. Close attention is paid to books that succeed in broadening the field of YA, highlighting authors that draw from their own lived experiences and situate strong, fully developed characters. Taken together, these essays move beyond the page, explaining to readers why representation and authenticity matter in YA literature, as well as the far-reaching effects they can have for real world queer Latinx teens.

About the Author
Trevor Boffone's work using TikTok with his students has been featured on Good Morning America, Inside Edition, Access Hollywood, and numerous national media outlets. He is author of Renegades: Digital Dance Cultures from TikTok to Dubsmash and TikTok Broadway: Musical Theatre Fandom in the Digital Age. Boffone is coauthor of Latinx Teens: US Popular Culture on the Page, Stage, and Screen.

Cristina Herrera is professor and director of the Chicanx/Latinx Studies Program at Portland State University. She is author of ChicaNerds in Chicana Young Adult Literature: Brown and Nerdy and Welcome to Oxnard: Race, Place, and Chicana Adolescence in Michele Serros's Writings. Boffone and Herrera are also coeditors of Nerds, Goths, Geeks, and Freaks: Outsiders in Chicanx and Latinx Young Adult Literature, published by University Press of Mississippi.

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A necessary publication that invites us to question and review our notions of Latinidad and gender and sexuality in Latinx YA literature." - Carolina Alonso, associate professor of borders and languages, Fort Lewis College



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ISBN 9781496854483
Author Trevor Boffone
Format Hardback
Page Count 277
Imprint University Press of Mississippi
Publisher University Press of Mississippi

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