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Wide-Open Desert
A Queer History of New Mexico|
CHF 31.00 |
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| Verlag: | University Of Washington Press |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 07.02.2023 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9780295751030 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 304 |
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Beschreibungen
<p>Throughout the twentieth century, New Mexico’s LGBTQ+ residents inhabited a wide spectrum of spaces, from Santa Fe’s nascent bohemian art scene to the secretive military developments at Los Alamos. Shifting focus away from the urban gay meccas that many out queer people called home, <i>Wide-Open Desert</i> brings to life a vibrant milieu of two-spirit, Chicana lesbian, and white queer cultural producers in the heart of the US Southwest. Jordan Biro Walters draws on oral histories, documentaries, poetry, and archival sources to demonstrate how geographic migration and creative expression enabled LGBTQ+ people to resist marginalization and forge spaces of belonging. Significant figures profiled include two-spirit Diné artist Hastíín Klah, literary magazine editor Spud Johnson, ranchera singer Genoveva Chávez, and Cherokee writer Rollie Lynn Riggs. Biro Walters explores how land communes, art circles, and university classrooms helped create communities that supported queer cultural expression and launched gay civil rights activism in New Mexico. Throughout, <i>Wide-Open Desert</i> highlights queer mobility and queer creative production as paths to political, cultural, and sexual freedom for LGBTQ+ people.</p>
<p>Reveals the untold stories about New Mexico’s queer past.</p>
<p>Jordan Biro Walters is associate professor of history at the College of Wooster.</p>
<p>"Biro Walters takes queerness on the road in the land of enchantment, telling a compelling story of how urban and rural New Mexico served as loci for individual sexual awakenings and national discussions of sexual freedom."—Flannery Burke, author of <i>A Land Apart: The Southwest and the Nation in the Twentieth Century</i></p>
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