Queering the Chilean way: cultures of exceptionalism and sexual dissidence, 1965-2015

This volume examines and critiques the fact that Chile's claims to economic exceptionalism have been embodied, often quite aggressively, in a heterosexual, and primarily male, ideal.

Despite the many shifts Chilean economics and politics have undergone over the past 50 years, the country's view of itself as a 'model' in contrast to other Latin American countries has remained constant.

By deploying an artistic, literary, and cinematic archive of queer figures from this period, this book draws parallels among the exceptionalisms of Chile's economic discourse, the subjects deemed most (and least) apt to embody it.