{"product_id":"the-dissidence-of-reinaldo-arenas-queering-literature-politics-and-the-activist-curriculum-hardcover","title":"The Dissidence of Reinaldo Arenas: Queering Literature, Politics, and the Activist Curriculum - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSandro R. Barros\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRafael Ocasio\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAngela L. Willis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternational Latino Book Awards, Honorable Mention, Best Biography (English)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerican Educational Research Association, Division B: \u003cbr\u003eCurriculum Studies, Outstanding Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the didactic nature of the work of Reinaldo Arenas, this book demonstrates the Cuban writer's influence as public pedagogue, mentor, and social activist whose teaching on resistance to normative ideologies resonates in societies past, present, and future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough a multidisciplinary approach bridging educational, historiographic, and literary perspectives, \u003ci\u003eThe Dissidence of Reinaldo Arenas\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates how Arenas's work remains a cutting-edge source of inspiration for today's audiences, particularly LGBTQI readers. It shows how Arenas's aesthetics contain powerful insights for exploring dissensus whether in the context of Cuba, broader Pan-American and Latinx-U.S. queer movements of social justice, or transnational citizenship politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarefully dissecting Arenas's themes against the backdrop of his political activity, this book presents the writer's poetry, novels, and plays as a curriculum of dissidence that provides models for socially engaged intellectual activism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 292\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42160264642695,"sku":"9781683402589","price":145.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/02543e09bdd1827c935456944ce8dd81.webp?v=1733272949","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-dissidence-of-reinaldo-arenas-queering-literature-politics-and-the-activist-curriculum-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}