La fluidez del genero como estrategia en el cine y la literatura lesbicos del Caribe hispano (Gender Fluidity as a Strategy in Hispanic Caribbean Lesbian Literature and Cinema)

Abstract

The chapter contributes to the established discussion on how the tradition of ‘gender fluidity’ and ‘passing’ functions within the Hispanic Caribbean (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico), specifically in contemporary literature and cinema that portray lesbian love. Martinez Reyes argues that recent productions present a twofold fluidity that on the one hand challenges gender binaries while on the other reifies them. Thus the article rethinks the role and tone of passing in recent artistic expressions, which now opt for a flexible and humoristic discourse that is less worried about sexual identity and more focused on sexual otherness. The essay also builds a catalogue of authors and directors who use gender fluidity as a tool for expression in recent decades.