Transvestism, masculinity, and Latin America literature : genders share flesh / Ben Sifuentes-Jáuregui.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sifuentes-Jáuregui, Ben.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Spanish American literature.

Cross-dressers in literature.

Cross-dressing--Latin America.

Cross-dressing.

Masculinity in literature.

Gender identity in literature.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

xi, 240 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave, 2002.

Summary:

This book is the first of its kind -- a comprehensive account of transvestism and the performance of gender in Latin American literature and culture. Ben. Sifuentes-Jauregui 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, Jose Donoso, Severo Sarduy, and Manuel Puig, alongside critical works in gender studies and queer theory, Sifuentes-Jauregui shows how transvestism operates not only to destabilize, but often to affirm sexual, gender, national, and political identities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-235) and index.

ISBN:

0312294409

0312294417

OCLC:

47927648