Abstract

This article deals with three contemporary novelists, Marcelo Birmajer, Anna Kazumi Stahl and Sylvia Molly in the context of a new understanding of ethnicity, sexuality and literature in Argentina. In contrast to previous eras when writing reflected a melting pot philosophy which saw Eros as a means of fusing ethnicities and eliminating particularities, today's fiction often celebrates these differences, uncovering layers of secrecy and demanding a place for various languages, sexualities and geographies.

Keywords: Marcelo Birmajer, Anna Kazumi Stahl, Sylvia Molly, ethnicity, sexuality, literature in Argentina, Argentinian Literature, melting pot, melting pot philosophy, Eros, language, geography

How to Cite:

Aizenberg, E., (2005) “Ethnos Meets Eros on the River Plate: Marcelo Birmajer, Sylvia Molloy, Anna Kazumi Stahl”, Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature 29(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2334-4415.1601