Homophobia, Masculinity and Sexual Dissidence in La isla de los hombres solos by José León Sánchez

 

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف: Castro Hernández, Francisco Ramón
التنسيق: artículo original
الحالة:Versión publicada
تاريخ النشر:2026
الوصف:This study examines the representations of sexual dissidence in La isla de los hombres solos (1967), a novel by the Costa Rican author José León Sánchez, as well as the dynamics of confinement that both condition and enable such representations. Drawing on the critical framework of so-called prison literature and other forms of state coercion, the analysis explores how heterosexual hegemony establishes regimes of oppression manifested through homophobia, patriarchy, and even expressions of homoeroticism. Through a literary analysis, the study argues that this testimonial narrative -representative of the Central American reality of its time- contributes, by incorporating into the narrative the presence of silenced and marginalized forms of otherness, to the questioning of twentieth-century sociohistorical discourses, while simultaneously rendering visible lives that have remained concealed and relegated
البلد:Portal de Revistas UNA
المؤسسة:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
اللغة:Español
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OAI Identifier:oai:www.revistas.una.ac.cr:article/23032
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/repertorio/article/view/23032
كلمة مفتاحية:homophobia
prison literature
masculinity
patriarchy
testimony
Central American literature
homofobia
literatura carcelaria
masculinidad
patriarcado
testimonio
literatura centroamericana