the queer use of women in borges el muerto and la intrusa

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The Queer Use of Communal Women in Borges' "El muerto" and "La intrusa" Sex and women are two very problematic components in the fiction of Jorge Luis Borges: the absence of these two elements, which seems so casual and unremarkable, really highlights the strangeness of their exclusion. For example, scenes of sexual acts are almost totally lacking in Borgesian writing (Emma Zunz's sexual encounter with an anonymous sailor is the most notable exception) and even …

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