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| Title: |
La erótica de Mayra Santos-Febres |
| Author: |
Daniel Torres |
| Appeared in: |
Centro journal |
| Paging: | Volume XV (2003) nr. 2 pages -98-105 |
| Year: |
2003 |
| Contents: |
This paper is an analysis, within the limits of erotics, of the novel Sirena Selena vestida de pena, by Puerto Rican author Mayra Santos-Febres. Ideas of transvestites¿ and women¿s correct bodies are deconstructed through a language of solidarity. Selena constructs a femenine body that reaches its limit when s/he seduces the apparently macho Hugo Graubel, who insists on being penetrated by the transvestite. The main character¿s crisis reveals itself when s/he claims her personal erotic identity as transgender and not as a man who crossdresses. The transvestite¿s masculinity clashes with her vestido de pena (sorrow dress), to the point that s/he flees the narrative, the mystery of her disappearance left unresolved. In this novel, Santos-Febres advocates erotics unburdened by taboos, erotics where each person accepts breaking through the barriers imposed by society |
| Publisher: |
City University of New York (provided by DOAJ) |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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