Show Notes
Send us a text It’s Pride season, and Kim and Alice are celebrating by discussing the queeriest 2020 Mexican drama, ‘Dance of the 41’. There’s cigar innuendo, bathtub math and honeymoon-related fainting, as well as the real history of the LGBTQ+ community in 1900s Mexico.
Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle Editor: Keith Nagle Producer: Helen Hamilton
Sources Article: Brendan O'Boyle; '"Los 41": The Queer Dance Party That Changed Mexico'; Americas Quarterly, June 2020 Article: Thaddeus Morgan; '41 Has a Secret Meaning in Mexico Thanks to a Queer Underground Ball'; History.com; June 2018 Article: Kittredge Cherry; 'Dance of the 41 Queers: Police Raid Mexican Drag Ball in 1901'; qspirit.net; Jan 2024 Article: Heib, L. (2023). El Baile de Los 41: Sexuality in 1900’s Mexico. The Toro Historical Review, 14(2), 55-62. Article: Roger Moore; 'Netflixable? Gay Mexican history plays out in 'Dance of the 41''; rogersmovienation.com; 2021 Article: Manuel Betancourt; ''Dance of the 41' Review: Netflix Drama Spotlights a 19th-Century Queer Scandal'; Variety.com; 2021 Book: R. Irwin (Editor), E. McCaughan (Editor), M. Nasser (Editor)(2003) 'The Famous 41: sexuality and social control in Mexico, c.1901' ; Palgrave/MacMillan Biography: 'Amada Díaz Quiñones'; findagrave.com Biography: 'Ignacio de la Torre y Mier'; findagrave.com If you enjoy this podcast, come with us on a romp through the Regency era with our sister podcast, Austen After Dark. Listen to all episodes now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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