Cola de lagartija: The Corruptive Power of the Hermaphroditic Body in the Nation-Building Process

What is it about?

Since Valenzuela deliberately decided to depict such a menacing character as a hermaphrodite, the focus of this study will be placed on how this choice opens the text to a dialectical post-modern inquiry of the relationships between sex, gender, sexuality, nation-building, authorship, authority, and language.

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Why is it important?

This article delineates the relationship between bodies, space and legal rights in the formation of the ideal of nationhood.