"El Todo Poderoso nos ayude, para llegar a lo que deseamos": homosexuality and Catholicism in Franco's Spain (1954–1970).

This article traces the constant struggle for control over representation between gay people and Francoist state agents. Gay narrations of self did not always involve a negation of Catholic dogma, which was often reinterpreted and incorporated into articulate defenses of homoeroticism. Moreover, tra...

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Publicado en:Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 331 - 351
Autor principal: Fernández Galeano, Javier
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2021
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