Pagán-Vélez, Alexandra

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La construcción del travesti en Sirena Selena vestida de pena
(2005) Pagán-Vélez, Alexandra; Graniela-Rodríguez, Magda; College of Arts and Sciences - Art; Acarón, Marlene; Girón, Jacqueline; Department of Hispanic Studies; Cancel, Mario
This investigation studies the construction of transvestites in Sirena Selena vestida de pena and it demonstrates that the novel supposes a study of genders and it proposes a space in which new perspectives of genre can be analyzed by Kristeva’s theoretical frame. We analyze the following linguistic aspects: person indicators; declarative modalities that indicate attitude; adjectives; and the relation of the actant with the discourse, as well as their performance. The text confronts gender stereotypes and it invites us to break with stigmas to originate something new: subjects, social structures and roles that prevail on the repression and the prejudices. When individuals change, the system they live in changes. In this matter, this text has a social, philosophical and psychological reach that places it as a universal literary piece. Another contribution is the study of the marginal sexuality as a literary theme in Puerto Rico, and for that we initiated the work with a historiography route on the marginalized genres and its treatment in our literature.