{"product_id":"queer-relajo-david-tenorio-9780472057603","title":"Queer Relajo: Feeling the Nightscapes of Mexicanidad","description":"In 2015, Mexico City declared itself a \"gay-friendly\" city and followed up with a gay tourist guide and new laws permitting changes to gender markers on legal documents, sanctioning same-sex marriage, and allowing joint adoption of children. At the same time, patterns of violence and discrimination against women, trans, and queer people have continued throughout the country. In \u003ci\u003eQueer Relajo\u003c\/i\u003e, David Tenorio argues that while Mexico City aims to bring visibility to queer sociality, the benefits of this visibility and legitimization of queer space remain unclear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Combining readings of film, digital media, and performance with drag autoethnography, \u003ci\u003eQueer Relajo\u003c\/i\u003e quite literally plays with how \u003ci\u003erelajo\u003c\/i\u003e (or playfulness) structures the spaces of queer nightlife in urban Mexico City by revealing how nighttime intimacy can minimize the paralyzing effects of violence and precarity in a neoliberal Mexico. Considering the political implications of when a queer\/trans person is present at night, Tenorio argues that queer modes of feeling and play are not only essential to queer liberation, but also resist neoliberal commodification and heteronormativity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Tenorio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 047205760X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472057603\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"David Tenorio","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46795503894783,"sku":"9780472057603","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_761bb167-789d-4516-b2d6-93b555493c8a.jpg?v=1744947807","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/queer-relajo-david-tenorio-9780472057603","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}