Ellie D. Hernandez et al., "Transmovimientos: Latinx Queer Migrations, Bodies, and Spaces" (U Nebraska Press, 2021)
Edited by\xa0Ellie D. Hernandez, Eddy Francisco Alvarez Jr., and Magda Garc\xeda,\xa0Transmovimientos:\xa0Latinx Queer Migrations, Bodies, and Space\xa0(University of Nebraska Press, 2021)\xa0focuses on queer, trans, and gender nonconforming communities of immigrants and social dissidents who reflect on and write about diaspora and migratory movements while navigating geographical and embodied spaces across gendered and racialized contexts. It forms a nuanced conversation between scholarship and social activism that speaks in concrete ways about diasporic and migratory LGBTQ communities who suffer from immoral immigration policies and political discourses that produce untenable living situations. It received the silver medal in the Best LGBTQ Themed book category at the\xa02022\xa0International Latino Book Prize.\nDr. Ellie D. Hernandez is an Associate Professor in the department of Chicana/o Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara where she teaches and writes extensively on Chicanx literature and culture, citizenship, transnational Chicana/o and Latina/o cultural production, and Latinx LGBTQ Studies. She is also the author of\xa0Postnationalism in Chicana/o Literature and Culture\xa0and co-editor of\xa0The UnMaking of Latina/o Citizenship: Culture, Politics, and Aesthetics.\nIsabel Machado\xa0is a cultural historian whose work often crosses national and disciplinary boundaries.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies