ABSTRACT
This chapter devotes to the study of Chilean narratives on lesbian, gay, and Jewish themes written. It deals with the topic of homosexuality that, in many cases, can obviously mean a type of inner exile. The chapter also deals with Jewish Chilean authors, including those who do not write within the so-called Jewish themes. Gay and lesbian discourses and homoeroticism emerge as an alternative literary and cultural effort to combat the epistemological uncertainty of Western civilization at the end of the twentieth century. In many instances, these non-traditional strategies of liberation attempt to scandalize the reader–as seen in the case of Wacquez's Frente a un hombre armado–through scenes of incestuous and sadomasochistic, violent or pornographic views of sexuality. One of the Chilean authors who had her Jewish heritage consciously and purposely present in her writing is Marjorie Agosin.
