El cuerpo transgénero en Una mujer fantástica

Abstract

This article explores on the cultural meaning of the transgender body in
the Chilean film Una mujer fantástica from a Queer Studies perspective. Although
not an essay about theory, this work discusses critical issues in the film under the
light of concepts elaborated by the authors Jack Halberstam (Skin Shows) and Sara
Ahmed. First, I briefly introduce the implications of queer theory and the
transgender phenomena, from an interdisciplinary perspective. Then, the notions of
the body proposed by Halberstam provide a reference for the cultural construction
of the hybrid or monstrous body, in this specific case, linked to the transgender body.
Finally, Ahmed’s critical speculation regarding the political implications of being
happy reminds us how certain bodies have been systematically excluded from the
scripts of happiness.