Sex-Gender Dissidences and Classical Mythology in Bad Habit

Abstract

This article analyzes the representation of sex-gender dissidences in the novel Bad Habit (2023) by Alana S. Portero, from a queer and transfeminist perspective. Through a mythocritical approach, it examines the connections between certain characters in the novel and figures from Greco-Roman mythology, in order to understand how these parallels contribute to the reconfiguration of traditional narratives. This study focuses exclusively on the characters who maintain an explicit link with this mythological imaginary. The article also explores the symbolic and poetic charge of the novel as a means of constructing new forms of identity.