Abstract

RUBIO RIVAS, Luz María. THE GAY CHARACTER IN COLOMBIAN LITERATURE. Lit. teor. hist. crit. [online]. 2012, vol.14, n.1, pp.51-76. ISSN 0123-5931.

This document approaches, from the perspective of cultural studies, the representations of the gay character in the Colombian novel of the first seven years of the present century. A series of positive and negative norms governing the sexuality and the gender of the characters were recognizable in these representations. The characters are inscribed in structures of power and subordination based on these norms, which are imposed or administered through various strategies. To a greater or lesser extent, the presence of stereotypes, beliefs and attributions of causality was also apparent, and is briefly discussed.

Keywords : Colombian novel; compulsory heterosexuality; gender; power; social representation.

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