{"product_id":"next-of-kin-9780822345435","title":"Next of Kin","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA feminist analysis of the Chicano family that sees it as a site of political struggle with patriarchal masculinity, nationalism, and homophobia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed \u003ci\u003eNext of Kin\u003c\/i\u003e and would recommend it highly. I plan to include it the next time I teach a gender and migration course. I think it would work well for upper-division undergraduate as well as graduate students.”\u003cbr\u003e - Leah Schmalzbauer, \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Sociology of the Family\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[T]he publication of Rodríguez’s book is exceptionally timely given widespread prejudices many Chicanos–Chicanas are still facing. The book is engagingly written and will certainly be of great value for specialists in the Americas, queer and feminist theory, cultural studies, popular culture, kinship, and migration.” - Julia Pauli, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Anthropologist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The centrality of the family to Chicano culture is indisputable. One of \u003ci\u003eNext of Kin’s \u003c\/i\u003emerits lies in its push to expand the notion of exactly who makes up this family. The cultural studies approach, which allows for the analysis of various modes of cultural expression, explains the general absence of canonical literary texts, many of which prominently feature both biological and fictive representations of family. Rodríguez counters this by critically engaging a rich variety of cultural practices, all of great relevance to the reconfiguration of la familia Chicana.”\u003cbr\u003e - José Pablo Villalobos, \u003ci\u003eCamino Real\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“By studying the works of writers, filmmakers, painters, and musicians, Rodríguez assembles a rich cultural study and illustrates how ‘alternative’ family configurations (as opposed to the husband-dominated model) have existed in Chicano culture longer than previously thought. . . .” - Charlie Vázquez\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eNext of Kin\u003c\/i\u003e offers one of the most cogent articulations of Chicana\/o cultural critique to date. Through elegant readings of a dynamic archive of Chicano literary and popular culture, Richard T. Rodríguez scrutinizes the cultural authority of the biological Chicana\/o family, critiquing its exclusionary impulses and championing transformative reconfigurations of \u003ci\u003ela familia\u003c\/i\u003e. Along the way, he provides a nuanced consideration of Chicana\/o political and cultural history.”—\u003cb\u003eJosé Esteban Muñoz\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eDisidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A gorgeous tapestry of cultural forms and interpretive brilliance, \u003ci\u003eNext of Kin\u003c\/i\u003e reopens the debate over our conflicted understandings of \u003ci\u003ela familia\u003c\/i\u003e in light of the challenges produced by feminism and queer studies. A must read for all those interested in Chicana and Chicano politics, fiction, film, photography, performance, and painting. Richard T. Rodríguez has given us a map with which to negotiate the twenty-first century uses of the family.”—\u003cb\u003eGeorge Mariscal\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eBrown-Eyed Children of the Sun: Lessons from the Chicano Movement, 1965-1975\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[T]he publication of Rodríguez’s book is exceptionally timely given widespread prejudices many Chicanos–Chicanas are still facing. The book is engagingly written and will certainly be of great value for specialists in the Americas, queer and feminist theory, cultural studies, popular culture, kinship, and migration.” -- Julia Pauli * American Anthropologist *\u003cbr\u003e“By studying the works of writers, filmmakers, painters, and musicians, Rodríguez assembles a rich cultural study and illustrates how ‘alternative’ family configurations (as opposed to the husband-dominated model) have existed in Chicano culture longer than previously thought. . . .” -- Charlie Vázquez\u003cbr\u003e“Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed \u003ci\u003eNext of Kin\u003c\/i\u003e and would recommend it highly. I plan to include it the next time I teach a gender and migration course. I think it would work well for upper-division undergraduate as well as graduate students.”\u003cbr\u003e -- Leah Schmalzbauer * International Journal of Sociology of the Family *\u003cbr\u003e“The centrality of the family to Chicano culture is indisputable. One of \u003ci\u003eNext of Kin’s \u003c\/i\u003emerits lies in its push to expand the notion of exactly who makes up this family. The cultural studies approach, which allows for the analysis of various modes of cultural expression, explains the general absence of canonical literary texts, many of which prominently feature both biological and fictive representations of family. Rodríguez counters this by critically engaging a rich variety of cultural practices, all of great relevance to the reconfiguration of la familia Chicana.”\u003cbr\u003e -- José Pablo Villalobos * Camino Real *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Series v\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Staking Family Claims 1\u003cbr\u003e Reappraising the Archive 19\u003cbr\u003e Shooting the Patriarch 55\u003cbr\u003e The Verse of the Godfather 95\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarnal\u003c\/i\u003e Knowledge 135\u003cbr\u003e Afterword: Making Queer \u003ci\u003eFamilia\u003c\/i\u003e 167\u003cbr\u003e Notes 177\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 211\u003cbr\u003e Discography 235\u003cbr\u003e Filmography 237\u003cbr\u003e Index 239","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406056661335,"sku":"9780822345435","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822345435.jpg?v=1730494382","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/next-of-kin-9780822345435","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}