Abstract
During the last twenty years, Hispanic Caribbean cinema has slowly developed roles to represent lesbians. In order to draw a conceptual map and to examine the un/successfulness of this new lesbian “public image,” I analyze both independent films that challenge the status quo by portraying openly lesbian characters and mainstream films that insist on denying autonomy to same-sex love. Whereas commercial markets may deem an openly lesbian role transgressive, queer female roles can be considered “appropriate.” Gender-queering functions as a symbolically transitional stage toward lesbian visibility and inclusion.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 291-306 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Journal of Lesbian Studies |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Hispanic Caribbean
- cinema
- lesbians
- gender-queering
- Cuba
- Puerto Rico
- Dominican Republic