Más allá de la identidad de género: sexualidad y transgresión en Sopa de caracol de Arturo Arias

In this essay we propose an interpretation of the novel Sopa de caracol (2002) by Guatemalan writer Arturo Arias based on the role of sexuality in the desubjetivization of the protagonist. We also analyze how the aesthetic of the grotesque and the carnivalesque model are set in motion to destabilize...

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Autor: Poe Lang, karen
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2016
País:Costa Rica
Recursos:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositório:Portal de Revistas UNA
Idioma:espanhol
OAI Identifier:oai:www.revistas.una.ac.cr:article/8748
Acesso em linha:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/istmica/article/view/8748
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Central American novel
post-war
gender identity
sexuality
desubjectivization.
novela centroamericana
posguerra
identidad de género
sexualidad
desubjetivación.
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Resumo:In this essay we propose an interpretation of the novel Sopa de caracol (2002) by Guatemalan writer Arturo Arias based on the role of sexuality in the desubjetivization of the protagonist. We also analyze how the aesthetic of the grotesque and the carnivalesque model are set in motion to destabilize gender identity and thus demonstrate its inability to reconstruct itself after the catastrophe of war.