Argelia González Hurtado, associate professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies, recently contributed a chapter titled “Underscoring Indigenous Latinx Identities Through Cinema” to the peer-reviewed volume Constructed Latinx(s) Identities: Racialized Bodies in Visual and Textual Culture, edited by José Lara. The collection features ten interdisciplinary essays that explore contemporary representations of Latinx histories and traditions across film, literature, television and other cultural forms.
In her chapter, González Hurtado examines the work of queer Latinx filmmakers Sebastián Rea and Roberto Fatal, whose storytelling is deeply rooted in their Indigenous identities—Fatal as a descendant and Rea as an Indigenous person. Through their films, they challenge colonial narratives and expand conventional understandings of Latinidad and gender by centering queer Indigenous perspectives.
