Queer theory with a Latin flavor, is it sustainable in El Salvador? An examination of male homosexuality in contemporary Salvadoran literature
Nuila, Ennio A
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Title
Queer theory with a Latin flavor, is it sustainable in El Salvador? An examination of male homosexuality in contemporary Salvadoran literature
Author(s)
Nuila, Ennio A
Issue Date
2024-10-28
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Melendez, Mariselle
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Melendez, Mariselle
Committee Member(s)
Ledesma, Eduardo
Moodie, Ellen
Ramirez Mendez, Alejandro
Department of Study
Spanish and Portuguese
Discipline
Spanish
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Gender
Salvadorean
Homosexuality
Queer
Language
eng
Abstract
Questions of belonging and representation of minority groups are salient topics in contemporary cultural and political discourse. We approach this question from different perspectives taking into consideration intersecting categories from different underrepresented groups. For example, analyzing literary works illustrates the marginalization of some groups. This dissertation then examines contemporary literary and cultural works produced in El Salvador, by Salvadorean authors. This dissertation will discuss how the homosexual male in this country is represented by queer and non-queer authors. By doing this, it will explore the advantages and disadvantages of queer theory in a Global North context, as a critical tool to approach homosexuality in the Salvadorean context. Paola Arboleda Ríos poses the question, “¿Cómo evitar la tentación de recurrir a teorías y expresiones…que desde el más allá, desde lugares de enunciación lejanos…prometen herramientas teóricas… para interrogar…los sistemas sociales de opresión homofóbica? (113). Following this line of inquiry, it will propose instead, an adaptation of queer theory con sabor latino. The works analyzed are Ángeles Caídos (2005) by Carlos Alberto Soriano, Entre él y yo (2013) by Luis Carlos Barrera. Followed by Heterocity (2011) by Mauricio Orellana Suárez; the documentary Imperdonable (2020), written by Carlos Martínez and directed by Marlen Viñayo. Lastly, “Injurias” (2004), a poem by Salvadorean writer Ricardo Lindo Fuentes and a short video “El dolor de quien soy” (2003) by Gabriela María Murillo Luna. I approach these works from theories of monstrosity, phenomenology and mimetic desire, under the overarching concept of masculine domination.
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