Loss and Longing through a Godless Queer Chicano Lens
Released on the second anniversary of his mother's unexpected passing during the covid epidemic, Juan Antonio's Objetos de [des]amor is a book of mourning—not just a response to this one moment of grief but a hard look at loss, betrayal, and longing for a stable presence of love and connection that often seems elusive.
As a linguistics professor, Juan Antonio applied the concepts of applied semiotics to fields such as food studies, queer studies and intercultural communication, exploring the languages we create with color, texture, taste, and other carriers of meaning. This book reflects that approach, using the overlapping "languages" of poetry, narrative prose, and photography to examine deeply complex themes and experiences.
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