12 articles in this issue
Braulio Rojas
Chronicle as a tribute to the writer Pedro Lemebel.
Hernán José Morales
In Lemebel texts , the word is based on a conception of transvestism in which the dissolution of boundaries is made evident as an emblem of urban crossings subject of the contemporary city . In that sense, these crossings built textures shift from the gen... see more
Regina Vanesa Cellino
This paper will inquire about the relationship that exists between the urban chronicles of Pedro Lemebel, La esquina es mi corazón (1995) y Loco afán. Crónicas de sidario (1996) –both written during the Chilean post-dictatorship period–, and their partici... see more
Alejandro Rossi Brotfeld
From the opposition between the concepts of masochism and sadism, this works analyze four chronicles of Loco afán: crónicas de sidario (1996) of Pedro Lemebel: “La noche de los visones”, “La Regine de Aluminios el Mono”, “Atada a un granito de arena” y “S... see more
Ana María Chehin
Salsa and Control, a hybrid, fragmentary text, works with the popular song book and stories of everyday life in Caracas. It blurs limits between oral culture and written culture, authorized subject and represented subject. Urban life, the excess of bodies... see more
Carolina Ramallo
This article seeks to relieve and to comparatively analyze the ways in which the figure of the singer poet is represented in El gaucho Martín Fierro of José Hernández (published in 1872) and El guacho Martín Fierro of Oscar Farina (2011). We pay special a... see more
Ana Molestina
Puerto Rican history is a story of identity enforcement through cultural clashes and ambivalence from the arrival of the Spaniards to the island. In The House of the lagoon, Ferré analyzes the past and present of Puerto Rico. Created was a reconstruction ... see more
Virginia Paola Forace
Review of "Cuando lo nuevo conquistó América" by Víctor Goldgel
Pablo Corro Penjean
Review of Patricia Espinosa
Mónica Barrientos
Review of Javier Guerrero
Eugenia Prado Bassi
Review of Virginia Vidal
Lucia Guerra Cunningham
Review of Lucía Guerra-Cunningham, La ciudad ajena: Subjetividades de origen Mapuche en el espacio urbano. Santiago: Ceibo Ediciones, 2014. Prize Casa de las Américas in 2013.