Archiving an Epidemic: Art, AIDS, and the Queer Chicanx Avant-Garde

Archiving An Epidemic Is The First Book To Examine The Devastating Effect Of The Aids Crisis On A Generation Of Chicanx Artists Who Influenced Transgressive Genders And Sexualities Operating In The Chicana And Chicano Art Movement In Southern California. From Mariconógraphy To Renegade Street Graffiti, From The Barrio Baroque To Frozen Art, These Visual Provocateurs Introduced A Radical Queer Language Emboldened By Opportunities In La's Art And Retail Culturein The 1980s. Aids Not Only Ravaged Their Lives, But Also Devastated Their Archives. A Queer Archival Methodology Is Demanded To Ascertain How Aids And Its Losses And Traumas Have Rearticulated Recordkeeping Practices Beyond Systemic Forms Of Preservation. Frontmatter -- Contents -- List Of Figures -- Introduction -- 1. The Iconoclasts Of Queer Aztlán -- 2. Looking For Mundo Meza -- 3. A Roll/role Of The Dice -- 4. Viral Delay/viral Display -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About The Author Robb Hernández. Previously Issued In Print: 2019. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.