This article explains how Pedro Lemebel creates a transvestite imagery in his body
of work, particularly in Loco afán, through a social and cultural vision within the
artistic field and the sexual-generic frame. He values subversion and new ways
of expression in the post dictatorial Chile. Because it comes from marginality,
his writing generates new ideas and strategies to question the normalization and
categorization that is imposed on homosexuality. Loco afán contains some of the
stories of Lemebel’s friends, who suffered due to AIDS, discrimination, prostitution
and poberty. I will analize two of them: “El último beso de Loba Lamar” and “La
muerte de Madonna”, studying the main characters and their struggles. The
author gives these characters life beyond death, allowing their voices to be heard
after they where silenced by the military dictatorship and AIDS.
Mangiola Zapata, P. (2016). Loco afán: transvestite imaginary. Nomadías, (21). Retrieved from https://revistateoriadelarte.uchile.cl/index.php/NO/article/view/42819
