Publication: Entre Locas y Brujas: Monstruosidad, Transgresión y Resistencia en El Lugar sin Límites (1966) y Temporada de Huracanes
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Ponce Castañeda, Ana Patricia
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Universidad Pablo de Olavide
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Durante el siglo XX, es posible observar a través de las obras literarias y la representación de sus personajes, el proceso de conformación de la identidad latinoamericana y entender así, como estos productos culturales funcionaban como guía de las expectativas que se tenían sobre los sujetos como parte de un proyecto de nación que buscaba igualar a la región con las sociedades norteamericanas y europeas tras los procesos independentistas realizados en el siglo anterior. Posteriormente, tras la ola de revoluciones sociales y la entrada al siglo XXI, los conceptos de identidad, pertenencia y marginalidad se transforman, sin embargo, algunas narrativas continúan existiendo y repitiéndose en el arte y la cultura latinoamericana, visibilizando así los progresos y fallos de este proceso. En El lugar sin límites (Donoso, 1966) y Temporada de huracanes (Melchor, 2017) es posible observar por medio de dos de sus personajes centrales que la segregación social con base en la monstrificación de ciertas identidades sexo-genéricas sigue posicionándose como parte de los modos sociales en la cultura latinoamericana hasta la actualidad. Este trabajo pretende explorar dichas figuras como sujetos potenciadores de revolución y crítica social, que operan para repensar las imposiciones sociales y políticas de ambos siglos, y las posibilidades de la apropiación de dicha monstruosidad como medio para el cambio. Desde el diálogo con los estudios de género y los estudios culturales, a través de autores como Halberstam, Butler, Moraña y Valencia, se buscará brindar un panorama sobre la construcción de la identidad de estos personajes y explicar cómo en relación con la monstruosidad, la corporalidad, la feminidad y lo trans su representación puede ser entendida como una propuesta de revolución cultural y social.
Throughout the 20th century, Latin American literature and its characters’ representation reveal the ongoing process of construction of Latin American identity. These cultural products served as guides to the expectations placed on individuals as part of a nation-building project that aimed to align the region with North American and European societies following the independence movements of the previous century. After the social revolutions of the 21st century, concepts such as identity, belonging, and marginality experienced significant transformations. However, certain narratives persist and continue to be reproduced in Latin American art and culture, shedding light on both the advances and shortcomings of this process. In Hell has no limits (Donoso, 1966) and Hurricane Season (Melchor, 2017), two central characters exemplify how social segregation based on the monstrification of certain gender identities continues to be embedded in Latin American cultural frameworks today. This paper explores these figures as agents of revolution and social critique, capable of challenging and reimagining social and political impositions of both centuries, as well as the possibility of appropriating monstrosity as a mean for change. Drawing from gender and cultural studies—through theorists such as Halberstam, Butler, Moraña, and Valencia—this work aims to provide a perspective on the identity construction of these characters and demonstrate how their connection to monstrosity, corporeality, femininity, and transgender identities may be understood as a proposal for cultural and social revolution.
Throughout the 20th century, Latin American literature and its characters’ representation reveal the ongoing process of construction of Latin American identity. These cultural products served as guides to the expectations placed on individuals as part of a nation-building project that aimed to align the region with North American and European societies following the independence movements of the previous century. After the social revolutions of the 21st century, concepts such as identity, belonging, and marginality experienced significant transformations. However, certain narratives persist and continue to be reproduced in Latin American art and culture, shedding light on both the advances and shortcomings of this process. In Hell has no limits (Donoso, 1966) and Hurricane Season (Melchor, 2017), two central characters exemplify how social segregation based on the monstrification of certain gender identities continues to be embedded in Latin American cultural frameworks today. This paper explores these figures as agents of revolution and social critique, capable of challenging and reimagining social and political impositions of both centuries, as well as the possibility of appropriating monstrosity as a mean for change. Drawing from gender and cultural studies—through theorists such as Halberstam, Butler, Moraña, and Valencia—this work aims to provide a perspective on the identity construction of these characters and demonstrate how their connection to monstrosity, corporeality, femininity, and transgender identities may be understood as a proposal for cultural and social revolution.
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Ambigua: revista de investigaciones sobre género y estudios culturales, ISSN-e 2386-8708, Nº. 12, 2025 / coord. por Raquel García Fuentes, Jordi Luengo López, María Gamero Hidalgo), págs. 108-123




