\u201cThe Femeni\u00f1os Project: Literature and Visual Media for Queer Latino\/x Youth.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ernesto Javier Mart\u00ednez, associate professor, Department of Ethnic Studies, will present his recent work with the Femeni\u00f1os Project, a multi-genre storytelling initiative that brings together award-winning filmmakers, writers, illustrators, and musicians to help mitigate the severe underrepresentation of Latino\/x youth in contemporary cultural production and to proactively challenge the harm inflicted upon queer youth of color when their humanity is distorted in the mainstream imagination. <\/p>\n\n\n\n CLLAS awarded its first Latinx Studies seed grant (2018-19) for research or creative projects to Professor Martinez, for his proposal, \u201cA Child Should Not Long for Its Own Image: Literature and Visual Media for Queer Latinx Youth.\u201d The project included four components: (1) the production of the short film La Serenata<\/em>; (2) the premier screening of the film at the University of Oregon, followed by a discussion with the director and fellow collaborators; (3) a community conversation about queer Latinx youth with teachers and parents in the Eugene\/Springfield area; and (4) free distribution of the bilingual children\u2019s book When We Love Someone, We Sing to Them <\/em>to local schools, libraries, and community centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n La Serenata <\/em>is a film adaption of a children\u2019s book that Mart\u00ednez wrote, entitled When We Love Someone, We Sing to Them<\/em>, published in 2018 by Reflections Press. \u201cBoth the screenplay and the book,\u201d Mart\u00ednez said, \u201ctell the story of a Mexican-American boy who learns from his parents about serenatas and why demonstrating romantic affection proudly, publicly, and through song is such a treasured Mexican tradition. One day, the boy asks his parents if there is a song for a boy who loves a boy. The parents, surprised by the question and unsure of how to answer, must decide how to honor their son and how to reimagine a beloved tradition.\u201d Diamond Lake Room, Erb Memorial Union (EMU 119) CLLAS Research Series Presentation \u201cThe Femeni\u00f1os Project: Literature and Visual Media for Queer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_piecal_is_event":false,"_piecal_start_date":"","_piecal_end_date":"","_piecal_is_allday":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[120,29,136,32],"tags":[79,466,518,509,81],"class_list":["post-9709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-affiliated-faculty","category-music-culture","category-awards","category-books-in-latino-studies","tag-cllas","tag-ernesto-martinez","tag-latinx-seed-grant","tag-queer-literature","tag-uo"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Ernesto-Martinez-FB-300x300.jpg\")
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