Brown Trans Figurations

Poised to break new ground and brilliantly reframe debates around gender and sexuality in Chicanx and Latinx contexts, Brown Trans Figurations ultimately shines through as a deeply original, provocative, and innovative work. I am certain that Francisco Galarte’s book will be read and cited for many years to come. ~Richard T. Rodriguez, author of Next of Kin: The Family in Chicano/a Cultural Politics

Brown Trans Figurations is unique. It is both unprecedented in specialization and ambitious in scope. Through an investment in intersectional analyses, Francisco Galarte confronts trans erasure, particularly within Chicanx Queer theorizing. ~Rachel González, author of Quinceañera Style: Social Belonging and Latinx Consumer Communities

[Brown Trans Figurations'] most accessible sections provide thorough and rewarding analyses of popular culture...scholars in the fields of Latinx and gender studies will appreciate this detailed look at an underexplored subject. ~Publishers Weekly

A needed contribution to trans Latinx studies. [Brown Trans Figurations] offers a series of compelling close readings of literature, photography, film, and other accounts of Chicanx trans people and representation in the United States. ~Los Angeles Review of Books

Brown Trans Figurations is an extremely well-written and groundbreaking book, accessible yet simultaneously quite complex, in Latina/o/x studies. It will be required reading in queer, trans, women’s, gender, and sexuality studies and in American studies and ethnic studies classrooms...Brown Trans Figurations is crucial reading for persons interested in the differences between queer and trans Latinx experience, the tensions between Chicana feminism and transgender and transsexual lives, and the racism that infects dominant representations of trans and queer Chicanxs and Latinxs...Galarte’s theorization of brown trans fgurations transforms Latina/o studies in profound ways. ~Latino Studies

Everyone would benefit from reading this book, and learning about the brown trans community...The book is extremely relevant and important in this current political climate that has villainized both the trans and Latinx community for different reasons. Libraries that have LGBTQ and Latinx collections should consider purchasing this book. If Galarte has shown anything, it is that the issues within those communities intersect and must be addressed simultaneously. ~International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion