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

ISSN: 0210-6124

Year of publication: 2018

Volume: 40

Issue: 1

Pages: 175-191

Type: Article

DOI: 10.28914/ATLANTIS-2018-40.1.09 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

The historically entrenched gender-based division of western society is also part of the cultural heritage of the Chicano community. The diverse cultural, literary and religious symbols that have defined the female and male roles have been transmitted through the generations, creating a clear gender-based hierarchy within the group. This binary division, however, has left no room for those considered (extremely) deviant such as the LGBT community. The aim of this essay is to observe the way Felicia Luna Lemus’s Like Son (2007) addresses issues of visibility and invisibility and the integration of a family past and a cultural heritage into the life of a young Chicano transgender person, in an attempt to render this group visible and voiced within the community.

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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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