Juan Vicente Aliaga

Juan Vicente Aliaga
Born
Juan Vicente Aliaga Espert

1959 (age 64–65)
Valencia, Spain
Occupations
  • Professor
  • art critic

Juan Vicente Aliaga (born 1959) is a Spanish art critic who has written widely on contemporary conceptual art as well as on gender and queer theory.[1][2] In his pioneer[1] 1997 book Identidad y diferencia: sobre la cultura gay en España, co-authored with José Miguel G. Cortés, he expressed criticism of the assimilationist strategies of mainstream LGBT+ associations in Spain, advocating instead for a politics of difference and the reappropriation of slurs like "marica" and "maricón", similarly to what happened with "queer" in English-speaking countries.[3]

  1. ^ a b Robert Aldrich (2001). Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day. London, New York: Routledge. pp. 8–9. ISBN 978-0-415-22974-6. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Juan Vicente Aliaga". Art Globalization Interculturality.
  3. ^ Fouz-Hernández, Santiago (2011). "Queer in Spain: Identity without Limits". In Downing, Lisa; Gillett, Robert (eds.). Queer in Europe Contemporary Case Studies. Farnham: Ashgate. pp. 198, 197. ISBN 9781409404644.