Friday, November 5, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Viva Gloria Anzaldúa, Super Queerid@
Hope to see you at the Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa Conference in San Antonio!
Society page: http://www.ssganzaldua.org/
A Queerid@ reading of La Mission (2009) directed by Peter Bratt
First, I would like to thank Michelle Tellez for first alerting me to Peter Bratt's film La Mission (2009) last spring as it was playing in several festivals throughout the US.
There are so few representations of Chican@s in film that all portrayals become part of a "necessary theater" as Jorge Huerta aptly describes it. La Mission is not only a necessary theater, it is also one of the few recent portrayals of Chicano masculinity that tries to convey a complex set of identities amidst changing demographics and traditions.
In this post, I will discuss the film and its portrayal of what I label a "queer cholo" identity. Spoilers abound, so be warned.
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