Transvestism, Masculinity, and Latin American Literature: Genders Share Flesh

Sifuentes-Jáuregui, B.

This book is about transvestism and the performance of gender in Latin American literature and culture. Ben. Sifuentes-Jáuregui explores the figure of the transvestite and his/her relation to the body through a series of canonical Latin American texts. By analyzing works by Alejo Carpentier, José Donoso, Severo Sarduy and Manuel Puig (author of Kiss of the Spiderwoma n), alongside critical works in gender studies and queer theory, Sifuentes-Jáuregui shows how transvestism operates not only to destabilize, but often to affirm sexual, gender, national and political identities.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2002-04-02

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780312294403

DOI: 10.1057/9780230107281

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 240