The radical transgender and the struggle for national democracy in in Ricky Lee's si Amapola sa 65 na kabanata

Issue Date

1-2017

Abstract

This essay analyzes the representation of transgenderism in Ricky Lee's Tagalog-language novel Si Amapola sa 65 na Kabanata (Amapola in 65 Chapters). By situating the novel against the heteronormative operations of the nation-state, the analysis investigates how Amapola's transformation from a politically apathetic comedy bar performer to an aswang (viscera-stucker) who is desrined to save the nation semantically radicalizes the image of transgenderism through the dynamics of revolutionary subjectification. This investigation then inserts Amapola's transgenderism into the Filipiino history - from the babaylan-led anti-colonial peasant movements during the Spanish and American colonial periods to the contemporary national democratic movement led by the Communist Party of the Philippines.

Source or Periodical Title

U.P. LOS BAŇOS JOURNAL

Volume

XV

Page

1-12

Document Type

Article

Frequency

annually

Language

English / Tagalog

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