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| Titel: |
Sirena Selena vestida de pena o el Caribe como travestí |
| Auteur: |
Efraín Barradas |
| Verschenen in: |
Centro journal |
| Paginering: | Jaargang XV (2003) nr. 2 pagina's -52-65 |
| Jaar: |
2003 |
| Inhoud: |
Mayra Santos-Febres¿s first novel was received immediately upon publication as a crucial text within Puerto Rican literature. This novel can be read in a variety of ways: as a portrait of a marginalized section of the population; as a continuation of the literary tradition of the picaresca; as an example of Bildungsroman¿ This essay suggests a reading of the novel as a postmodern allegory of the Caribbean. Under this light, the text could become a re-reading of Eugenio María de Hostos¿s La perigranaci n de Bayo n (1863). However, this is not an allegory in the classical sense, as is the case in Hostos¿s novel. Thus, to understand the text in allegorical terms, it needs to be interpreted as a representation of our history as it has been influenced by the phenomenon of tourism. This industry that feeds the country imposes a transvestism of sorts on its citizens. Touristic Caribbean is a transvestite. The novel is, then, not just an allegory of the Caribbean as a theme park for tourists but also a direct reflection of that industry |
| Uitgever: |
City University of New York (provided by DOAJ) |
| Bronbestand: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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