{"product_id":"red-inked-retablos-9780816521357","title":"Red-Inked Retablos","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the Mexican Catholic tradition, retablos are ornamental structures made of carved wood framing an oil painting of a devotional image, usually a patron saint. Acclaimed author and essayist Rigoberto González commemorates the passion and the pain of these carvings in his new volume \u003ci\u003eRed-Inked Retablos, \u003c\/i\u003ea moving memoir of human experience and thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis frank new collection masterfully combines accounts from González's personal life with reflections on writers who have influenced him. The collection offers an in-depth meditation on the development of gay Chicano literature and the responsibilities of the Chicana\/o writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWidely acclaimed for giving a voice to the Chicano GLBT community, González's writing spans a wide range of genres: poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and bilingual books for children and young adults. Introduced by Women's Studies professor Maythee Rojas, \u003ci\u003eRetablos \u003c\/i\u003ecollects thirteen pieces that together provide a narrative of González's life from his childhood through his career as a writer, critic, and mentor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRed-Inked Retablos, \u003c\/i\u003eGonzález continues to expand his oeuvre on \u003ci\u003emariposa\u003c\/i\u003e (literally, \"butterfly\") memory, a genre he pioneered in which Chicano\/a writers openly address non-traditional sexuality. For González, mariposa memory is important testimony not only about reconfiguring personal identity in relation to masculinity, culture, and religion. It's also about highlighting values like education, shaping a sex-positive discourse, and exercising agency through a public voice. It's about making the queer experience a Chicano experience and the Chicano experience a queer one.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rigoberto González","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52152147706139,"sku":"9780816521357","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/8392\/2459\/files\/img_0de89596-4be2-4532-a2d8-c26e77e71528.jpg?v=1777745804","url":"https:\/\/sapphicsociety.com\/products\/red-inked-retablos-9780816521357","provider":"Sapphic Society","version":"1.0","type":"link"}