Andalusia, Transvestism and the Phallic Woman: Plumas de España, by Ana Rossetti

Authors

  • Jill Robbins The University of Texas at Austin

Keywords:

fetishism, transvestism, transition, Andalusia, folklore

Abstract

Plumas de España by Ana Rossetti denounces the absence of both women and Andalusia in the public space throughout Franco’s dictatorship and the transition to democracy, as well as their fetishization. Rosseti contrasts the figures of her transvestite and transsexual characters, as models for the emergence of new identities through the exploration of the kitsch and the folkloric, with stereotyped feminine characters, like the “Miss priss” through which the narration is focalized. She also proposes a hyperbolic femininity that excludes women by fetishizing them by means of a story that gives visibility to the mechanisms by which women, especially Andalusian women, have been traditionally controlled, devalued, and even castrated.

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Published

2010-10-08

Issue

No. 15 (2009): Mujeres y naciones

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