Lésbicas na estrada

This paper explores lesbian possibilities in the road novel genre, analyzing it from a critical perspective of the literary canon, with the goal of understanding which stories have shaped the world over time. It explores how the travel literature genre has historically consolidated itself through the male perspective on the journey. Next, the article proposes a reflection on how Patricia Highsmith's work, The Price of Salt, offers an entry point for lesbian narratives in the road novel genre and how it influenced authors of her generation. Finally, I present a cartography of lesbian narratives, Lesbian Chronotopia, as a reconfiguration of what is understood as travel and as narrating the world

Lesbian · Narrative · Literature, Culture, and Criticism · Spatial and Cultural Studies · Travel Writing and Literature