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Between Camp and Cursi: Humor and Homosexuality in Contemporary Mexican Narrative (Genders in the Global South) S&S/Saga Press New York Times and USAExamines how contemporary Mexican literature uses humor to contest heteronormativity. Between Camp and Cursi examines the role of humor in portrayals of homosexuality in contemporary Mexican literature. Brandon P. Bisbey argues that humor based on camp and cursilera a form of "bad taste" that expresses a sense of social marginalization is used to represent key social conflicts and contradictions of modernity in Mexico. Combining perspectives from