Alexandra Gonzenbach Perkins
Biographic Data
| ID | 4230187 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexandra Gonzenbach Perkins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexandra Gonzenbach |
| FAMILY NAME | Perkins |
| SIGNATURE | PERKINS A G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3535-0759 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mapping the hyperlocal body
The performances of Chilean artist and scholar Felipe Rivas San Martín reveal the linguistic and political void that the word ‘queer’ embodies in Latin American contexts. Rivas San Martín focuses on dissident sexualities, rejecting the term ‘queer’ and staking a claim for visibility and intelligibility that does not depend upon an integrationist model of LGBT identity politics. In this article, I argue that through the reciprocal impact of the bo…
Queer Materiality, Contestatory Histories, and Disperse Bodies inLa mucama de Omicunlé
Rita Indiana’s La mucama de Omicunlé challenges conventional articulations of the materiality of the body and its interaction with the natural environment. The protagonists do not merely inhabit the environment, rather, the environment inhabits them and challenges their separation from the natural world. In this article, I argue that by reading La mucama de Omicunlé through a lens of queer materiality, Indiana’s novel uncovers two important consi…
Queer Materiality, Contestatory Histories, and Disperse Bodies inLa mucama de Omicunlé
Rita Indiana’s La mucama de Omicunlé challenges conventional articulations of the materiality of the body and its interaction with the natural environment. The protagonists do not merely inhabit the environment, rather, the environment inhabits them and challenges their separation from the natural world. In this article, I argue that by reading La mucama de Omicunlé through a lens of queer materiality, Indiana’s novel uncovers two important consi…
Mapping the hyperlocal body
The performances of Chilean artist and scholar Felipe Rivas San Martín reveal the linguistic and political void that the word ‘queer’ embodies in Latin American contexts. Rivas San Martín focuses on dissident sexualities, rejecting the term ‘queer’ and staking a claim for visibility and intelligibility that does not depend upon an integrationist model of LGBT identity politics. In this article, I argue that through the reciprocal impact of the bo…
Queer Materiality, Contestatory Histories, and Disperse Bodies inLa mucama de Omicunlé
Rita Indiana’s La mucama de Omicunlé challenges conventional articulations of the materiality of the body and its interaction with the natural environment. The protagonists do not merely inhabit the environment, rather, the environment inhabits them and challenges their separation from the natural world. In this article, I argue that by reading La mucama de Omicunlé through a lens of queer materiality, Indiana’s novel uncovers two important consi…
Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Queer (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Archaeology (1 work) · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature (1 work) · Embodied cognition (1 work)