Title
“The world of desire is not as bright as it is believed.” Abjection, body and transvestite agency in Las malas by Camila Sosa Villada
Other title
“El mundo del deseo no es todo lo luminoso que se cree”. Abyección, cuerpo y agencia travesti en Las malas de Camila Sosa Villada
Date Issued
01 January 2022
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
University of Pisa
Abstract
This article examines Las malas (2019), by Camila Sosa Villada. It is intended to show that in this text a complaint is made against the social conditions to which transvestites are subjected, which are considered abject bodies and, therefore, susceptible to being violated, disappeared or discarded. Likewise, we want to verify that this novel presents the transvestite as a being with agency, whose presence not only questions the foundations of the heteropatriarchal system, but also reconfigures some of the sacred institutions of said system, such as motherhood or family.
Start page
189
End page
208
Volume
5
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Temas sociales Lenguas, Literatura
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85137714333
Source
Whatever
ISSN of the container
2611657X
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