From Chavela to Frida
Loving from the Margins
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3613735 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sofía Ruiz-Alfaro (Franklin & Marshall College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1131-1144 |
| Publication date | 2012-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00918369.2012.712818 |
| PMID | 22966995 |
| OpenAlex | W1983235755 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 16 |
This article analyzes the portrayal of lesbian desire in the case of two of the most renowned icons of contemporary Mexican and Latino popular culture: singer Chavela Vargas (1919-2012) and painter Frida Kahlo (1910-1954). This article explores the intertextual dialogue between two texts that deal with the construction of Kahlo's persona and sexuality: Chavela's memoir, titled Y si quieres saber de mi pasado (2002), and the film Frida (2001), directed by Julie Taymor. Fundamental to this study is Chavela Vargas' lesbian subject position in both texts and the consequences and implications her location has in representing lesbian homoerotics and desire
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Human sexuality · Humanities · Lesbian · Literature · Memoir · Painting · Persona · Popular culture · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Subject (documents · Feminist Theory and Gender Studies · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Latin American and Latino Studies · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2022 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |