Transitoriness, transgenerities, transidentities: representation and trans authorship in Brazilian narrative

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to construct an itinerary when it comes to two questions. On the one hand, the tradition of representation of transgender characters – especially main characters – in Brazilian narrative written by cisgender authors is presented; on the other hand, the emergence of the phenomenon that we can call transgender authorship in the field of contemporary Brazilian narrative is mapped, giving special attention to the books written by (Erro de pessoa, first published in 1985, e Viagem solitária, first published in 2011)) e Loris Ádreon (Meu corpo, minha prisão, first published in 1985). Finally, some considerations around tropological recurrencies along these texts are discussed.

Keywords

• transidentidades
• autoria transexual
• personagens transgêneros