Returning to rurality

Barreto, Danny M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.3828/jrs.2020.27

Queering rural spaces in Galician literature

Barreto, Danny M.

Journal of Romance Studies (2020), 20, (3), 513–535.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3828/jrs.2020.27
Language: English
Pages: 23

Abstract

In recent years, LGBTQ literature, culture, and communities have begun returning to the rural as a space from which to articulate a queer Galician identity. Drawing on rural queer studies, literature, and cultural phenomena, this article seeks to understand both how the rural became associated with heteropatriarchy and how contemporary non-metronormative LGBTQ narratives reimagine rural space as a site of resistance, redirecting the cultural shift away from the urban that has characterized contemporary Galician society and culture during the last century. Under consideration is a wide range of literature, art, cultural events, and ephemera from the Rexurdimento to the present day.

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