Homophobia, Masculinity and Sexual Dissidence in La isla de los hombres solos by José León Sánchez
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| Format: | artículo original |
| Estat: | Versión publicada |
| Data de publicació: | 2026 |
| Descripció: | 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 |
| Pais: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Institution: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Idioma: | Español Inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.revistas.una.ac.cr:article/23032 |
| Accés en línia: | https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/repertorio/article/view/23032 |
| Paraula clau: | homophobia prison literature masculinity patriarchy testimony Central American literature homofobia literatura carcelaria masculinidad patriarcado testimonio literatura centroamericana |