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Volume 18, Issue 3
  • ISSN: 2050-4837
  • E-ISSN: 2050-4845

Abstract

In recent years, several audio-visual productions have portrayed the gender system of Juchitán (Oaxaca, Mexico), focusing in particular on , a third-gender community. Many of these productions use exoticization to expose specific characteristics that are founded on a centuries-long legacy within the Zapotec civilization. Based on queer theory and a close reading of specific scenes, this article examines three documentaries: /Muxes: (Islas 2005), (Olita 2016) and (Schwarz 2017). This analysis shows how these films represent the process of gendered identity construction of the community, as well as their connections with indigeneity and problematic family interactions.

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