Co-sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program African Studies Program Hofstra Cultural Center
WHAT IS LATINX QUEER HISTORY? How do you translate queer into Spanish? How do you create culturally sensitive, bilingual, ageappropriate materials about Latinx gender and sexuality or LGBT experience? Dr. Larry La Fountain-Stokes discusses his recent toy theater Enciclopedia Deiknumena bilingual publication A Brief and Transformative Account of Queer History/Un Breve y Transformador Relato de la Historia Queer, illustrated by Dave Buchen and published in Puerto Rico, in the context of other books on lesbian, gay and transgender topics for young readers. Dr. La Fountain-Stokes was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and teaches at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is the author of Queer Ricans: Cultures and Sexualities in the Diaspora, and of the short story collections AboliciĂłn del pato and UĂąas pintadas de azul/Blue Fingernails. His creative work also includes performances, and a series of You Tube videos as Lola von Miramar, a Puerto Rican drag queen with a PhD who loves poetry and cooking.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 11.15-12:40p.m. Guthart Cultural Center Theater