Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
Published In
Journal of Gender and Sexuality Studies / Revista de Estudios de Género y Sexualidades
Abstract
This article establishes a dialogue between disability studies and ecocriticism to analyze Sara Mesa’s novel Cara de pan (2018), which narrates the relationship between a thirteen-year-old girl bullied at school and a fifty-four-year-old man with an atypical appearance who fixates on limited topics. The analysis examines the hegemony of normativity and dominant social narratives about disability, gender, and sexuality. Grounded in the idea that people with disabilities actively intervene in their environment, the essay argues that the characters’ environmental empathy supports the need for a diversity of experiences and perspectives, positively resituating disability and autism.
DOI
10.14321/jgendsexustud.45.1.0161
Rights
© 2020 Asociación de Estudios de Género y Sexualidades
Recommended Citation
Leone, M. L. (2019). Reframing Disability through an Ecocritical Perspective in Sara Mesa'a Cara de pan. Journal of Gender and Sexuality Studies / Revista de Estudios de Género y Sexualidades 45(1): 161-184. https://doi.org/10.14321/jgendsexustud.45.1.0161