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Sirena canta boleros: travestismo y sujetos transcaribeños en Sirena Selena vestida de pena
Titel:
Sirena canta boleros: travestismo y sujetos transcaribeños en Sirena Selena vestida de pena
Auteur:
Jossianna Arroyo
Verschenen in:
Centro journal
Paginering:
Jaargang XV (2003) nr. 2 pagina's -38-51
Jaar:
2003
Inhoud:
This essay provides an analysis of Mayra Santos-Febres¿s novel Sirena Selena vestida de pena (2000) by way of investigating the economic and subjective transformations of a Caribbean subject. My reading of the text addresses the ¿failure¿ on the part of the critics to notice the representation of Dominicans in the novel, as well as the construction of a transcaribbean subject¿whose borders are articulated in the transvestite stance¿through the migratory, economic, and subjective crossings that occur in these relations. By looking at these migratory crossings in the Hispanic Caribbean (between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic and vice versa), the uses of the body, voice, and sexuality, as well as how they move towards the formulation of a new identity, I propose a reading of the subject best defined as ¿postnational¿, since it breaks away from the traditional definitions of the ¿Puerto Rican¿ or ¿Dominican¿ nation. This transcultural gesture, the ¿cultural drag¿, characteristic of all contexts where colonial relations exist, offers an interesting approach for the reading of many contemporary and modern narratives in the Hispanic Caribbean that cannot be read as ¿postmodern¿ in the strictest sense since, due to their historical reality, they include transnational cultures and communities that participate in and are afected by the global economy. In the novel, both Puerto Ricans and Dominicans are part of this circuit that articulates new identities. How is a ¿new¿ subject constructed through these exchange economies and migrations?
Uitgever:
City University of New York (provided by DOAJ)
Bronbestand:
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften
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