Queer Natives in Latin America
Forbidden Chapters of Colonial History
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Beschreibung
This book defies long standing assumptions about indigenous societies in the Americas and shows that non-heteronormative sexualities were already present among native peoples in different regions of what is now Latin America before the arrival of European colonizers. Presenting data collected from both literature and field research, the authors give examples of native queer traditions in different cultural regions, such as Mesoamerica, the Amazon and the Andes, and analyze how colonization gradually imposed the models of sexuality and family organization considered as normal by the European settlers using methods such as forced labor, physical punishments and forced marriages.
Building upon post-colonial and queer theories, Queer Natives in Latin America: Forbidden Chapters of Colonial History reveals a little known aspect of the colonization of the Americas: how a bureaucratic-administrative, political and psychological apparatus was created and developed to normalize indigenous sexuality, shaping them to the colonial order.
- Presents evidence of queer sexual identities among indigenous peoples all over Latin America since the 16th century
- Analyzes the mechanisms used by colonial powers to impose heterosexuality upon native queers throughout the history of Latin America
- Dedicates specific chapters to each of the most important cultural areas of the region: the former Mesoamerica, the Andes and the Amazon
Presents evidence of queer sexual identities among indigenous peoples in Latin America before the arrival of European colonizers Analyzes the mechanisms used by colonial powers to impose heterosexuality upon native queers throughout the history of Latin America Dedicates specific chapters to each of the most important cultural areas of the region: the former Mesoamerica, the Andes and the Amazon
Autor*in
Fabiano S. Gontijo
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Queer indigenous studies Native queers Two-spirit Gender and indigenous peoples History of sexuality in Latin America Colonialism and sexuality Indigenous homosexuality Sodomite Indians History of Latin America Post-Colonial studies Queer studies Colonial Latin America