The routes of Zulé’sdesire: faces of sexuality in The red of his shadow, of Mayra Montero
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Gender. Desire. Displacement. Compulsory heterosexuality.Abstract
As mentioned by Esquelín (2010), the novel The red of his shadow by the Cuban / Puerto Rican writer Mayra Montero, narrates various displacements by Haitian immigrants working in the Dominican Republic. In addition to the political and economic factors behind the migratory wave to the sugarcane region of La Romana, Montero’s novel shows us the social tensions and religious practices experienced by these Haitians immigrants. The character ZuléRevé, a voodoo priestess who leads us along the paths of the mystical experience of voodooism and the paths of sexuality is the protagonist of the narrative. Based on Butler’s (2003) idea that sex, gender, desire and sexual practice are categories that present different possibilities of performance, this article analyzes the sexual experiences of Zulé as displacements that erase the perspective of a compulsory heterosexuality and questions the role of a nuclear family with procreative purposes.
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