CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. 1 Introduction 1
6. 2 Adolfo Caminha's Bom-Crioulo: A Founding Text of Brazilian Gay Literature 9
7. 3 Vampire Versions of Homosexuality: Seduction and Ruin 23
8. 4 The Deconstruction of Personal Identity 43
9. 5 The Sociopolitical Matrix 62
10. 6 Optical Constructions 94
11. 7 Narrations on the Self 103
12. 8 Utopian Designs 119
13. 9 Conclusions 140
14. Notes: Translations of Quotations 145
15. Bibliography 165
16. Index 175