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Backwards is forward: Reclaiming sexual and gender diversity in Galicia through literature
- Source: International Journal of Iberian Studies, Volume 35, Issue (Re)Producing Galician Femininities: Women’s Creative Praxis in 21st-Century Galicia, Sep 2022, p. 233 - 252
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- 26 Oct 2021
- 05 Aug 2022
- 24 Jan 2023
Abstract
In this article, I try to explore to what extent queer lives, expressions and representation have been obscured in Galicia by the mainstream narrative of ‘atraso’ (backwardness), applied not only to the economy, but also to social structures. After I situate myself in the discussion, I will explore the way Galicia as a nation has been constructed as a place where queer lives are at risk or simply do not exist. The narrative of ‘atraso’ will be unveiled as a tool to assimilate diverse identities to a single Spanish one, especially when we analyse the facts, traces and gaps through which diverse sexual/gender identities have expressed themselves in Galician culture(s). I will finally explore how literature has operated in this complex scenario as a way to reclaim queer lives on our own terms. I will present some historical background to then analyse current trends in the way queer readings are introduced in contemporary Galician literature.
ResumoNeste artigo exploro ata que punto as vidas, expresións e representacións cuír quedaron escurecidas en Galicia polo discurso dominante do atraso, aplicado non só á economía, senón tamén ás estruturas sociais. Unha vez situada no debate, explorarei o xeito en que Galicia, como nación, foi construída como un lugar no que as vidas cuír corren risco ou, simplemente, non existen. O discurso do atraso revelarase como unha ferramenta para asimilar identidades diversas a unha única española, sobre todo cando analizamos os feitos, trazas e fendas a través das cales se expresan as identidades sexo-xenéricas diversas na(s) cultura(s) galega(s). Finalmente, explorarei de que xeito a literatura funciona neste escenario complexo como un xeito de reclamar para nós as vidas cuír nos nosos propios termos. Presentarei un marco histórico para logo analizar tendencias actuais no xeito en que se introducen lecturas cuír na literatura galega contemporánea.