In the diverse landscape of contemporary literature, there is a growing visibility of marginalised voices, including trans narratives, which are exhibiting themselves as spaces of resistance against established literary discourses. This master's thesis focuses on the novel Las malas (2019) by the Argentine writer Camila Sosa Villada, which articulates the construction of both individual and collective identity. The analysis is based on the hypothesis that the author uses autofiction and autoreferentiality as narrative strategies that allow her to reconstruct and rediscover her own transvestite identity, while simultaneously giving voice to an entire transvestite community. Through an interpretative approach, three main points are studied: the writings of the ‘self’ at the intersection of autobiography, autofiction and autoreferentiality; the configuration of the protagonist's identity in a context marked by family violence, social exclusion and sex work; and the representation of the transvestite community as a network of support, solidarity and mutual care. The novel demonstrates how literature can function as a tool of visibility, criticism and resistance. In this sense, the work concludes that Camila Sosa Villada's narrative constitutes a milestone in contemporary trans literature, offering a complex representation of transvestite identity, giving it agency and voice.
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