Abstract

CRUZ SANCHEZ, Jorge. Suspending gender: transvestism and transness in Salón de belleza (1999). La ventana [online]. 2021, vol.6, n.54, pp.304-325.  Epub July 15, 2021. ISSN 1405-9436.

This article explores the ways in which Salón de belleza (1999) by Mario Bellatin suspends the rules of gender. Through a reading that emphasizes a destabilization of the heteronormative binary, I propose that the text is narrated by a trans subject, who oscillates and alters the identitarian logic, and who unveils how transvestism operates as an alternative worldbuilding strategy. Through Jack Halberstam’s contention of transness and Marlene Wayar’s vision of a travesti-trans theory, this article culminates in thinking of other means of imagining worldly possibilities, wherein trans and travesti life can mobilize and reconfigure the social sphere.

Keywords : trans; transvestism; performance; gender; literature.

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