Plebeian Prose
$175.29
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
30 May 2019
Summary
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 b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509534531 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1509534539 |
| Author: | Frances Riddle, Néstor Perlongher, Cecilia Palmeiro |
| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Imprint: | Polity Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 30 May 2019 |
| Weight: | 522g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 142mm x 28mm |
| Series: | Critical South |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
‘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
About The Author
Frances Riddle
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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