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Main Author: Radost Rangelova
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: The City University of New York 2007
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Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37719104
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contents Nationalism, states of exception, and Caribbean identities in Sirena Selena vestida de pena and "Loca la de la locura" Radost Rangelova Sociología space nation capital migration transvestites This paper examines the transformation of the idea of thenation through the spaces occupied by transvestites inMayra Santos-Febres´ novel Sirena Selena vestida de penaand Manuel Ramos Otero´s story “Loca la de la locura.”In contrast to previous representations, which use ideals oforigins to delineate the concept of the nation, the narrativesof these two works claim no belonging to nationalborders or legal citizenship. In contrast, they challenge theconcept of the nation, undermining the authority of thelegal system to exclude or punish, and bringing to theforefront the protagonism of global capital that takes overnations and transnational spaces. By crossing over fromone island to another, by inhabiting capital-enabled sitesof transit like airports and hotels, and by occupying thespaces of prisons, mental institutions, and cemeteries,the transvestites adopt and subvert previous migrations,as well as embody the transformation of the nation in thecontext of the hegemony of global capital. 2007 artículo científico 1538-6279 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37719104 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.1 Vol.XIX
format Artículo científico
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publishDate 2007
publisher The City University of New York
spellingShingle Nationalism, states of exception, and Caribbean identities in Sirena Selena vestida de pena and "Loca la de la locura"
Radost Rangelova
Sociología
space
nation
capital
migration
transvestites
Nationalism, states of exception, and Caribbean identities in Sirena Selena vestida de pena and "Loca la de la locura" Radost Rangelova Sociología space nation capital migration transvestites This paper examines the transformation of the idea of thenation through the spaces occupied by transvestites inMayra Santos-Febres´ novel Sirena Selena vestida de penaand Manuel Ramos Otero´s story “Loca la de la locura.”In contrast to previous representations, which use ideals oforigins to delineate the concept of the nation, the narrativesof these two works claim no belonging to nationalborders or legal citizenship. In contrast, they challenge theconcept of the nation, undermining the authority of thelegal system to exclude or punish, and bringing to theforefront the protagonism of global capital that takes overnations and transnational spaces. By crossing over fromone island to another, by inhabiting capital-enabled sitesof transit like airports and hotels, and by occupying thespaces of prisons, mental institutions, and cemeteries,the transvestites adopt and subvert previous migrations,as well as embody the transformation of the nation in thecontext of the hegemony of global capital. 2007 artículo científico 1538-6279 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37719104 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.1 Vol.XIX
title Nationalism, states of exception, and Caribbean identities in Sirena Selena vestida de pena and "Loca la de la locura"
topic Sociología
space
nation
capital
migration
transvestites
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37719104