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| author | Jossianna Arroyo |
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| contents | Sirena canta boleros: travestismo y sujetos transcaribeños en Sirena Selena vestida de pena Jossianna Arroyo Sociología Migration Dominicans transvestism cultural drag Caribbean identities This essay provides an analysis of Mayra Santos-Febress novel Sirena Selena vestidade pena (2000) by way of investigating the economic and subjective transformationsof a Caribbean subject. My reading of the text addresses the failure on the part ofthe critics to notice the representation of Dominicans in the novel, as well as theconstruction of a transcaribbean subjectwhose borders are articulated in thetransvestite stancethrough the migratory, economic, and subjective crossingsthat occur in these relations. By looking at these migratory crossings in theHispanic Caribbean (between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic and viceversa), the uses of the body, voice, and sexuality, as well as how they move towardsthe formulation of a new identity, I propose a reading of the subject best definedas postnational, since it breaks away from the traditional definitions of thePuerto Rican or Dominican nation. This transcultural gesture, the cultural drag,characteristic of all contexts where colonial relations exist, offers an interestingapproach for the reading of many contemporary and modern narratives in theHispanic Caribbean that cannot be read as postmodern in the strictest sensesince, due to their historical reality, they include transnational cultures andcommunities that participate in and are afected by the global economy. In thenovel, both Puerto Ricans and Dominicans are part of this circuit thatarticulates new identities. How is a new subject constructed through theseexchange economies and migrations? 2003 artículo científico 1538-6279 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37715203 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=377 Centro Journal application/pdf The City University of New York Centro Journal (Estados Unidos de América) Num.2 Vol.XV |
| format | Artículo científico |
| id | redalyc_37715203 |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 2003 |
| publisher | The City University of New York |
| spellingShingle | Sirena canta boleros: travestismo y sujetos transcaribeños en Sirena Selena vestida de pena Jossianna Arroyo Sociología Migration Dominicans transvestism cultural drag Caribbean identities Sirena canta boleros: travestismo y sujetos transcaribeños en Sirena Selena vestida de pena Jossianna Arroyo Sociología Migration Dominicans transvestism cultural drag Caribbean identities This essay provides an analysis of Mayra Santos-Febress novel Sirena Selena vestidade pena (2000) by way of investigating the economic and subjective transformationsof a Caribbean subject. My reading of the text addresses the failure on the part ofthe critics to notice the representation of Dominicans in the novel, as well as theconstruction of a transcaribbean subjectwhose borders are articulated in thetransvestite stancethrough the migratory, economic, and subjective crossingsthat occur in these relations. By looking at these migratory crossings in theHispanic Caribbean (between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic and viceversa), the uses of the body, voice, and sexuality, as well as how they move towardsthe formulation of a new identity, I propose a reading of the subject best definedas postnational, since it breaks away from the traditional definitions of thePuerto Rican or Dominican nation. This transcultural gesture, the cultural drag,characteristic of all contexts where colonial relations exist, offers an interestingapproach for the reading of many contemporary and modern narratives in theHispanic Caribbean that cannot be read as postmodern in the strictest sensesince, due to their historical reality, they include transnational cultures andcommunities that participate in and are afected by the global economy. In thenovel, both Puerto Ricans and Dominicans are part of this circuit thatarticulates new identities. How is a new subject constructed through theseexchange economies and migrations? 2003 artículo científico 1538-6279 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37715203 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=377 Centro Journal application/pdf The City University of New York Centro Journal (Estados Unidos de América) Num.2 Vol.XV |
| title | Sirena canta boleros: travestismo y sujetos transcaribeños en Sirena Selena vestida de pena |
| topic | Sociología Migration Dominicans transvestism cultural drag Caribbean identities |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37715203 |