La erótica de Mayra Santos-Febres

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contents La erótica de Mayra Santos-Febres Daniel Torres Sociología women writer Caribbean novel transgender identity Puerto Rican Erotica This paper is an analysis, within the limits of erotics, ofthe novel Sirena Selena vestida de pena, by Puerto Ricanauthor Mayra Santos-Febres. Ideas of transvestites’ andwomen’s correct bodies are deconstructed through alanguage of solidarity. Selena constructs a femeninebody that reaches its limit when s/he seduces theapparently macho Hugo Graubel, who insists on beingpenetrated by the transvestite. The main character’scrisis reveals itself when s/he claims her personal eroticidentity as transgender and not as a man whocrossdresses. The transvestite’s masculinity clasheswith her vestido de pena (sorrow dress), to the point thats/he flees the narrative, the mystery of her disappearanceleft unresolved. In this novel, Santos-Febresadvocates erotics unburdened by taboos, erotics whereeach person accepts breaking through the barriersimposed by society 2003 artículo científico 1538-6279 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37715207 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
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spellingShingle La erótica de Mayra Santos-Febres
Daniel Torres
Sociología
women writer
Caribbean novel
transgender identity
Puerto Rican Erotica
La erótica de Mayra Santos-Febres Daniel Torres Sociología women writer Caribbean novel transgender identity Puerto Rican Erotica This paper is an analysis, within the limits of erotics, ofthe novel Sirena Selena vestida de pena, by Puerto Ricanauthor Mayra Santos-Febres. Ideas of transvestites’ andwomen’s correct bodies are deconstructed through alanguage of solidarity. Selena constructs a femeninebody that reaches its limit when s/he seduces theapparently macho Hugo Graubel, who insists on beingpenetrated by the transvestite. The main character’scrisis reveals itself when s/he claims her personal eroticidentity as transgender and not as a man whocrossdresses. The transvestite’s masculinity clasheswith her vestido de pena (sorrow dress), to the point thats/he flees the narrative, the mystery of her disappearanceleft unresolved. In this novel, Santos-Febresadvocates erotics unburdened by taboos, erotics whereeach person accepts breaking through the barriersimposed by society 2003 artículo científico 1538-6279 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37715207 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 La erótica de Mayra Santos-Febres
topic Sociología
women writer
Caribbean novel
transgender identity
Puerto Rican Erotica
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37715207