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| Brown and Gay in La : The Lives of Immigrant Sons
ISBN: 9781479806614
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / New York University Press
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time
Subjects: Social Science;
Ocampo (The Latinos of Asia) documents the challenges of growing up gay for second-generation urban Latinos and Filipinos in this insightful blend of ethnography and memoir. Homophobic attitudes pervaded and oppressed the lives of Ocampo's interviewees from early childhood. Manny Roldan recalls his grandmother reprimanding his "gay" laugh, while Joaquin Marquez confronted his family's prejudiced priest during Sunday Spanish Mass ("You're not God!"). Excelling in academics was one way to "counteract the stigma of being seen as gay," but racism remained omnipresent. Upon entering an LGBTQ club at Georgetown University, for example, Armando Garza's impression was of unwelcoming "rich White kids." In contrast, community and empowerment were found at clubs and chat rooms specifically organized by and for queer people of color. Ocampo catalogs how various experiences of "coming out" or "being outed" illuminate how quests for love, loyalty, and belonging manifest, including how some "may have been victimized by masculinity to maintain rapport and support from family, they were willing to denigrate other gay men." The author's own relationship with his parents after coming out improved only after his parents met and connected with his partner. Ocampo creates a collective voice out of the many people he interviewed while simultaneously honoring each experience. The result is a daring and provocative portrait of a uniquely diverse generation. (Sept.)
Ocampo Anthony Christian :
Anthony Christian Ocampo is Professor of Sociology at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is the author of The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race and co-editor of Contemporary Asian America, 3rd edition. A Tin House and VONA/Voices of Our Nations Arts fellow, he has published essays in GQ , Catapult , Colorlines , Gravy, and the Chronicle of Higher Education, among others. His work has also been featured on NPR, NBC News, BuzzFeed, and in the Los Angeles Times . Raised in Northeast Los Angeles, he earned his BA and MA from Stanford University and his MA and PhD in sociology from UCLA. Say hi to him on Twitter: @anthonyocampo.Anthony Christian Ocampo is Professor of Sociology at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is the author of The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race and co-editor of Contemporary Asian America, 3rd edition. A Tin House and VONA/Voices of Our Nations Arts fellow, he has published essays in GQ , Catapult , Colorlines , Gravy, and the Chronicle of Higher Education, among others. His work has also been featured on NPR, NBC News, BuzzFeed, and in the Los Angeles Times . Raised in Northeast Los Angeles, he earned his BA and MA from Stanford University and his MA and PhD in sociology from UCLA. Say hi to him on Twitter: @anthonyocampo. |
