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While reading a series interviews with Michel Foucault conducted between 1982 and 1984, several statements in the text provoked questions that would become the basis of this dissertation. His objective is to move homosexuality away from questions of identity and desire and toward an ethic of pleasure. In the process, he affirms the transformative potential of pleasure. In this work, I analyze how various gay Latin American authors utilize this aspect of pleasure to critique and undermine the heteronormative cultures in which they live as well as offer the vision of a more inclusive society. I found in Pájaros de la playa (1993) by Severo Sarduy and Salón de belleza (1999) by Mario Bellatin, that the authors denounce their respective country's responses to the AIDS crisis by creating textual spaces in which the reader as well as the fictional literary characters find pleasure. Reinaldo Arenas in Antes que anochezca (1992) and Boris Izaguirre in Azul petróleo (1998) rely on graphic portrayals of non-normative sex to expose governmental hypocrisy. Finally, in Sangre como la mía (2006) by Jorge Marchant Lazcano and Mundo cruel (2010) by Luis Negrón the authors demonstrate the capability of gay relationships based on pleasure, rather than identity, to effect change and create a more equitable and inclusive society.

El presente artículo analiza cómo se construye textual y discursivamente la imagen de los personajes masculinos gay en tres novelas gay populares españolas de los últimos años: Diles que me quieres de Ángel Hernández, Te esperaré de Tomás Ortiz y El viaje de Marcos de Óscar Hernández. Hemos escogido estas obras literarias convencidos de que, según apuntan los especialistas en la teoría de la literatura popular, precisamente esta modalidad narrativa tiende a plasmar más adecuadamente la imagen de las transiciones identitarias. Para conseguir nuestro fin, hemos determinado las características de la relación entre los personajes (o la comunidad LGBTQ) por una parte, y el narrador por otra. Además, vamos a hacer referencias a la producción literaria polaca similar y, al fi nal, recurriremos a la teoría sociocrítica para poder revelar las implicaciones sociales, políticas y psicológicas de la inmersión de la literatura gay popular en la cultura heteronormativa. ; L'article explique comment se construit textuellement et discursivement l'image des personnages masculins homosexuels dans trois romans populaires gay espagnols récents: Díles que me quieres de Ángel Hernández, Te esperaré de Tomás Ortiz et El viaje de Marcos de Óscar Hernández. Nous avons choisi ces œuvres littéraires car nous sommes convaincus que cette forme narrative tend à capturer plus nettement l'image de transitions d'identité. Pour atteindre notre objectif, nous avons déterminé les caractéristiques de la relation entre les personnages (ou la communauté LGBTQ) d'une part, et le narrateur de l'autre. Nous avons également fait référence à la production littéraire similaire en Pologne afin de révéler, grâce à la théorie sociocritique les implications sociales, politiques et psychologiques de l'immersion de la littérature gay populaire dans la culture hétéronormative. ; The present paper analyses manners in which the image of gay men is being discursively and textually established in three novels: Diles que me quieres by Ángel Hernández, Te esperaré by Tomás Ortiz and El viaje de Marcos by Óscar Hernández. The chosen novels can be considered gay popular fi ction and they have been chosen for the purpose of the investigation since popular narrative patterns, according to popular culture theories, shape the image of transitional identities more adequately than any others. In order to achieve the analytical goal, the relationship between the narrator and the characters (LGBTQ community members) has been determined, as well as comparison with similar Polish literary works has been made. Finally, sociocritical theory served as means of revealing the social, political and cultural implications of the immersion of popular gay narrative in the heteronormative culture.