@article{1434377,
      author = {Macón, Cecilia, and Solana, Mariela, and Vacarezza,  Nayla,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1434377},
      title = {Affect, gender and sexuality in Latin America /},
      abstract = {Viewing the affective turn from the vantage point of Latin  America opens up new perspectives on affect theory's  origins in gender and sexuality studies and its political  relevance. The essays in this timely and moving collection  create innovative directions for studies of affect,  emotion, and feeling that will be of value to scholars in  both Northern and Southern hemispheres. Ann Cvetkovich,  Professor and Director, Institute of Womens and Gender  Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada The fact that  this book is being proposed in English, rather than Spanish  and/or Portuguese, indicates that the editors and  contributors are interested in changing the dynamics of  field formation and knowledge brokering which tend to  privilege the Global North (and English). By framing their  interventions as simultaneously specific to Latin America  and inserted within the broader conversations regarding  affect studies, they are able to balance the urgent need to  theorize contemporary political and cultural interventions,  and at the same time resist the tendency to import theory  from the North. Joseph M. Pierce, Associate Professor,  Stony Brook University, USA This book gathers contributions  from an emergent field of thinking and knowledge production  in Latin America that emphasizes the significance of  affects, feelings and emotions in how we think about  politics, gender and sexuality. Considering the complex and  even contradictory social processes that Latin America is  experiencing today - such as the expansion of feminist and  LGBTQ movements and the development of reactionary and  neo-liberal forces - many Latin American authors are  turning to affect to find a key to understand our present  situation, to revisit our history, and to imagine new  possibilities for the future. This tendency, sometimes  inspired by the theoretical work produced in Europe and the  US, has shown such a specificity and sometimes departure  from northern productions that it compels us to focus more  deeply into its own arguments, methods, and critical  contributions. This project provides essays that explore  the particularities of Latin American ways of thinking  about affect and how they can shed new light into our  understanding of, gender, sexuality and politics. Cecilia  Macon is Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the  University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mariela Solana is  Assistant Researcher at the National Council for Scientific  and Technical Research, Argentina. Nayla Luz Vacarezza is  Assistant Researcher at the National Council for Scientific  and Technical Research, Argentina.},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59369-8},
      recid = {1434377},
      pages = {1 online resource (xix, 326 pages) :},
}