The Thin Frontera between Visibility and InvisibilityFelicia Luna Lemus’s "Like Son"

  1. Amaia Ibarraran-Bigalondo 1
  1. 1 Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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    Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

    Lejona, España

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Revista:
Atlantis: Revista de la Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos

ISSN: 0210-6124

Año de publicación: 2018

Volumen: 40

Número: 1

Páginas: 175-191

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.28914/ATLANTIS-2018-40.1.09 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Atlantis: Revista de la Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos

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Resumen

La división de géneros sobre la que se ha asentado la sociedad occidental a lo largo de los siglos está también presente en la tradición cultural chicana. Su construcción y transmisión se ha desarrollado a través de diferentes símbolos culturales, literarios y religiosos a lo largo de generaciones. En este contexto, otras realidades, consideradas anómalas, tales como la de la comunidad LGTB han quedado relegadas a una situación de invisibilidad y falta de reconocimiento social. El objetivo de este trabajo es observar el modo en el que Like Son (2007), de Felicia Luna Lemus, enfoca aspectos relacionados con la visibilidad y la invisibilidad, la inclusión del pasado familiar y la herencia cultural en la vida de un joven chicano transgénero, con el fin de dar visibilidad y voz a este colectivo en el seno de la comunidad chicana.

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1 This essay is part of a project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (code: FFI2014-52738-P). It was also completed under the auspices of the research group REWEST funded by the Basque Government (Grupo Consolidado IT1206-16) and the University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU (UFI 11/06).

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