COMING SOON
My interviews with Venezuelan writers Karina Sainz Borgo and Sandra Caula; the chapter of a new book, Bad Girls (2022) by Camila Sosa Villada; Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Venezuela Newsletters, and other things coming soon!
BOOK CHAPTER
Claudia Cavallin, Parallel Worlds Connecting Multiple Identities: Transgender Existence in Camila Sosa Villada's Bad Girls. «The Handbook of Trans Science Fictions» (co-edited with Sabine R. Sharp). Liverpool University Press, 2026.
Bad Girls (2022) by Camila Sosa Villada describes a diverse family construction that restructures the linearity of existence, connected with parallel worlds that unite multiple identities: Two genders in the same body; two spaces—the park and the house—as the only route of traveling from reality to Science Fiction; and two ways of using the identity of their bodies, changing from day to night. In line with Judith Butler's gender theory, Virginie Despentes and Cecilia Gentili situate gender in this novel in a literary space where categories are shaped by factors such as class, ethnicity, and sexuality. Here, a parallel world is constructed through resistance to the cultural imposition of gender identities. In this novel, to be trans is to live in several temporal and spatial dimensions, where identity connects through the feelings of a little boy named 'Twinkle Eyes,' who can transgress all borders and spaces.
INTERVIEWS
Sandra Caula: «Escribir es una forma de contar el dolor de los otros». Entrevista para Trópico Absoluto. Berlín, 2026.
Karina Sainz Borgo: «Aquello que no debió ocurrir también nos incumbe». Entrevista para el Papel Literario del diario El Nacional. Caracas / Madrid, 2026.
THE SECTION ON VENEZUELAN STUDIES (SVS)
«Navegar el colapso: reinventar la política, cuidar lo común».
Over the past decade, phenomena have emerged with unprecedented speed, representing setbacks that until recently were unthinkable, with harmful effects on citizens’ rights, democratic standards, and the rule of law. In this context, numerous armed conflicts and reconfigurations of world order have added layers of collapse and civilizational crisis. However, if we look more closely, beyond the stupor, we can see new progressive experiences unfolding simultaneously. These emerging phenomena are observed in a variety of contexts at the macro, meso, and micro levels of analysis. In this Congress, we seek to engage with the multiple dimensions of collapse without focusing solely on it, and to learn about and discuss innovative actions, strategies, and initiatives that help us navigate this collapse and move beyond it.
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