Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Scenes of Self-Undoing 1
6. Psyche, History, Language, and Body in Antigona Pérez by Luis Rafael Sánchez 15
7. The Gift of Abjection 37
8. Vicissitudes of Perversion 67
9. Zona. Carga y Descarga 93
10. Colonial Sublimations of a Noir Eros in “El Josco” and Two Detective Novels 125
11. Shame, Repetition, and Forgiveness in Queer Latino Testimonio 151
12. The Scene of Self-Sacrifice in Literary Discourse 173
13. Notes 179
14. Works Cited 203
15. Index 215