The (C)hueca Writing of Claudia Rodríguez as Travesti Revenge

Abstract

Claudia Rodríguez (Chile, 1968), writer, performer, and activist, is a key figure in the Latin American travesti movement. This paper examines her literary production, which emerged in the second decade of the 21st century through the self-publishing of her works in fanzine format: Dramas pobres. Poesía travesti [Poor Dramas. Transvestite Poetry] (2013); Cuerpos para odiar. Poesía travesti [Bodies to Hate. Transvestite Poetry] (2014a); Manifiesto horrorista [Horrorist Manifesto] (2014b); Enferma del alma [Sick at Heart] (2015); and Para no morir tan sola. Escritura en pandemia [So as not to Die so Alone. Writing in a Pandemic ] (2022). Our focus will be on the hybrid and mestizo nature of her texts – not linear but fragmentary – and her incorporation of orality