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Traces of Lesbianism in Cristina Rivera Garza\u2019s La cresta de Ili\u00f3n <\/em>(2002) and Valeria Luiselli\u2019s Los ingr\u00e1vidos <\/em>(2011)
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Alejandra M\u00e1rquez M.A.<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>Alejandra M\u00e1rquez is a Ph.D. candidate in Spanish at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her dissertation project, \u201cDissident Female Desire in Contemporary Mexican Literature and Culture,\u201d explores the intersections between different types of lesbian representation and issues such as gender identity and race. Her work has been published in edited collections such as Senderos de violencia. <\/em>Latinoam\u00e9rica y sus narrativas armadas<\/em> (2015), and journals like Chasqui <\/em>and Revista de Literatura Mexicana Contempor\u00e1nea. <\/em>Her research interests include the contemporary Latin American chronicle, queer narratives in Latin America, depictions of state-sponsored violence in contemporary Mexican literature, and gender relations on the U.S.- Mexico border.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”50″][tabbed_section style=”default” alignment=”left” spacing=”default” tab_color=”Accent-Color”][tab icon_family=”none” title=”Abstract” id=”1513084525043-88d04-8fa3″ tab_id=”1515076777862-7″][vc_column_text]\n

Much research has been done regarding male queer narratives in contemporary Mexican literature. However, lesbianism has been greatly neglected by criticism. Although works such as Rosamar\u00eda Roffiel\u2019s Amora<\/em> (1989) or Sara Levi Calder\u00f3n\u2019s Dos mujeres<\/em> (1990) have garnered some academic attention, little has been written about subsequent narratives. This article moves beyond those works whose main focus is lesbianism in order to understand how peripheral same-sex desire serves to undermine heteronormative patriarcal notions. I analyze Cristina Rivera Garza\u2019s La cresta de Ili\u00f3n<\/em> (2002) and Valeria Luiselli\u2019s Los ingr\u00e1vidos <\/em>(2011). Because these narratives are not associated with depictions of lesbianism, my work shows how transgressive female desire pervades contemporary Mexican literature.<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/tab][tab icon_family=”none” title=”iMex N\u00b013 Gender and Sexuality” id=”1513086651055-1″ tab_id=”1515076778022-4″][vc_column_text]\n

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