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Bringing together a unique collection of narrative accounts based on the lived experience of queer Chicano/Mexicano sons, this book explores fathers, fathering, and fatherhood. In many ways, the contributors reveal the significance of fathering and representations of fatherhood in the context of queer male sexuality and identity across generations, cultures, class, and Mexican immigrant and Mexican American families. They further reveal how father figures-godfathers, grandfathers, and others-may nurture and express love and hope for the queer young men in their extended family. Divided into six sections, the book addresses the complexity of father-queer son relationships; family dynamics; the impact of neurodiverse mental health issues; the erotic, unsafe, and taboo qualities of desire; encounters with absent, estranged or emotionally distant fathers; and a critical analysis of father and queer son relationships in Chicano/Latino literature and film.

Fathers, Fathering, and Fatherhood: Queer Chicano/Mexicano Desire and Belonging

Chapter 1: Introduction: Queer Chicano/Mexicano Accounts of Fathers, Fathering, and Fatherhood, Adelaida R. Del Castillo and Gibrán GüidoPart 1: "Can I write about my father?": Representations of the Presence of BeingChapter 2: Sky Maps, Daniel Vidal SotoChapter 3: Journal 2, Daniel Vidal SotoChapter 4: January Spirals, Daniel Vidal SotoChapter 5: Unwriting the Father, R. Allen BarosChapter 6: Overall Prince, Now Father Lauren, Cuauhtémoc PerandaPart 2  Fathers, Father Figures, and the FamilyChapter 7: Tommy Paved the Way, Robert Jude FraustoChapter 8: Todo sobre mi madre/All about My Mother, Carlos ManuelChapter 9: Tito - A Remembrance of My Father, Larry T. BazaChapter 10: Deddy, José H. CadenaChapter 11: My Two Sons, Gustavo V. SegadeChapter 12: Punched in the Stomach, Marcus FisherPart 3   Fatherhood, Queer Consciousness, and NeurodiversityChapter 13: ?Cómo estás, mi nino? (How Are You, My Boy?): Memories of Father and Fatherhood - Mental Illness, Enforced Masculinity, and Loss, Eddy F. Álvarez Jr.Chapter 14: My Dead Father, Miguel Garcia Jr.Chapter 15: Alchemistas (Alchemists), Christian EmmanuelChapter 16: Coming Home to Myself, Luis A. Chavez RodriguezChapter 17: The Best, Fredy CaballeroPart 4  Desire, Daddy Issues, and TaboosChapter 18: Border Crossings, Omar O. GonzálezChapter 19: How to Compromise Your Self, Daniel Vidal SotoChapter 20: A Performance Recovery: Cruising Fathered Memories Through Dependency Circuits, Joe E. MartinezChapter 21: "Make Me Your Toxic Son, Daddy": The Bio-Familial Bonds Created by Gay Men Vis-a-vis "Bug Chasing" and "Gift Giving, Omar O. GonzálezPart 5  Situating Spent and Shifting FatherhoodsChapter 22: Our Shimmering and Ephemeral DNA, Gibrán GüidoChapter 23: Querido Padre: Things I Want to Tell You and Other Thoughts, Adán CamposChapter 24: No Last Name, Yosimar ReyesChapter 25: Communion, Jesus Daniel Mendez CarbajalChapter 26: Chrysalis, Jesus Daniel Mendez CarbajalPart 6   Fatherhood Patterns and Passionate FatheringChapter 27; Like Father, Like Queer Son?: Gay Chicanx and Latinx Males and Their Fathers, Daniel Enrique PérezChapter 28: My Padrino, Xuan Carlos Espinoza-CuellarChapter 29: God is Never Ashamed of Us, Xuan Carlos Espinoza-CuellarChapter 30:You Will Love, Xuan Carlos Espinoza-Cuellar