“A Complete Woman, but One Who Hates Women”: Un psicópata del tercer género en A Son of the Circus, de John Irving.
Cecilia Díaz Marín
Odisea · 2017
doi:10.25115/odisea.v0i17.352 (opens in a new tab)
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Abstract
Resumen: Este artículo explora las complejas circunstancias que convierten en un psicópata transexual a Rahul Rai, personaje de la novela A Son of the Circus, de John Irving. Los abusos sexuales a los que lo somete su tía y tutora en su infancia, junto con un conflicto de identidad de género mal resuelto influenciado por el modelo de tercer género autóctono de la India –lxs hijras- contribuyen al desarrollo de una sociopatía que Rahul canalizará dedicándose a asesinar prostitutas en los burdeles de Bombay y Londres. Abstract: This article explores the complex circumstances that lead Rahul Rai, from the novel A Son of the Circus, by John Irving, to become a transsexual serial killer. A victim of sexual abuse when he was a child, and in deep conflict with his gender identity (which is strongly influenced by the Indian third sex option, the hijras), Rahul becomes a sociopath who kills prostitutes in the brothels of London and Bombay for over two decades.
Abstract licence: CC BY-NC-ND
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