Transvestism, masculinity, and Latin American literature : genders share flesh / by Ben. Sifuentes-Jáuregui

B. Sifuentes-Jáuregui

Comprehensive account of transvestism and the performance of gender in Latin American literature and culture. By analyzing works by Alejo Carpentier, José Donoso, Severo Sarduy, and Manuel Puig alongside critical works in gender studies and queer theory, the author shows how transvestism operates not only to destabilize, but often to affirm sexual, gender, national, and political identities.