Abstract

GUTIERREZ DOMINGUEZ, Lisett María. Gender, sexuality and subjective transition in Mexico: construction of female adolescence in quinceañera celebrations. Rev. interdiscip. estud. género Col. Méx. [online]. 2015, vol.1, n.1, pp.32-53.  Epub Feb 24, 2021. ISSN 2395-9185.  https://doi.org/10.24201/eg.v1i1.16.

In this paper the articulation between gender, age and social class in the subjective construction processes that occur during the transition from childhood to adolescence is discussed. Based on the relationship between the concepts of subject positions, interpellation, performativity and citation, I analyze how this transition is associated with the celebration of 15 turning for Mexican adolescents, although many families reject the typical feast pattern and the gender norms associated with it. As empirical material for discussion, two cases of quinceañeras who do not make a typical feast are presented, showing how they and their families feel challenged by the arrival of 15 years, recognize the existence of a tradition associated with this point in life, manifest some kind of rejection of that tradition, debate about alternative ways to celebrate, and facilitate processes of subjective transition to adolescent femininity, or resist and delay them.

Keywords : Gender; Adolescence; Quinceañera; Subjectivity; Interpellation; Performativity.

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