The transexual in “El lugar sin límites”: Monstruosity, normas and punishment

Authors

  • María Martínez Díaz María Martínez Díaz. Licenciada en Docencia en Filología Española. Profesora en la Cátedra de Comunicación y Lenguaje de la Escuela de Estudios Generales. Publicaciones: Herencia cultural y colonialidad del poder: un enfoque desde Mamita Yunai, Revista Herencia, nº2, 2009; Seducción, disciplina y alteridad en Chica Fácil de Cristina Civale. Revista de Filología y Lingüística volumen 35 (1) 2009. Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15517/h.v1i0.3550

Keywords:

Gender Identity, Transsexual, Power, Body, Patriarchy

Abstract

This article presents an interpretation of the novel by José Donoso El Lugar sin límites (1966). It is a literary analysis focused on the character called La Manuela, he aims to reflect on the emergence of the transsexual in the male order dominated by violence and the mechanisms of power. At the same time the analysis will revolve around the character`s body from wich it will be possible to notice the construction processes of gender identity and the normative violence exerted on the body following the heteronormative principles.

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Published

2026-02-26

Issue

Vol. 1 (2011): January-december

Section

From Culture and Arts

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The transexual in “El lugar sin límites”: Monstruosity, normas and punishment. (2026). Revista Humanidades, 1. https://doi.org/10.15517/h.v1i0.3550