description: This book is the first of its kindâ€”a comprehensive account of transvestism and the performance of gender in Latin American literature and culture. It explores the figure of the transvestite and his/her relation to the body through a series of canonical Latin American texts. By analyzing works by Alejo Carpentier, JosÃ Donoso, Severo Sarduy, and Manuel Puig, alongside critical works in gender studies and queer theory, Sifuentes-Jauregui shows how transvestism operates not only to destabilize, but often to affirm sexual, gender, national, and political identities.
language: English
title: Transvestism, Masculinity, and Latin American Literature: Genders Share Flesh
titlecomplete: Transvestism, Masculinity, and Latin American Literature: Genders Share Flesh
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan