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Daína Chaviano (Author)

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The Many Faces of God: Christianity in Hispanic Caribbean Science Fiction.

Author: Juan Carlos Toledano

Source: Chasqui: Revista de literatura latinoamericana (Arizona State University, USA, 2007)

This new position as Mater Dei of the "semper virgo"--virginity that, by the way, was not officially decreed by the Catholic Church until 1854 by Pius IX (419)--has had an enormous consequence in the repression of women up until today, since women's existence has now been circumscribed by both Eve's guilt and penance and by Mary's pure, chaste, and exemplary life as a suffering mother and martyr. [...] It is in this context of repression that Chaviano's "La Anunciación" becomes more relevant, since it introduces a possibility that breaks with the Christian tradition by making Mary experience an orgasm while having sex with Gabriel. [...] The goal of SF is not to provide the truth but rather to question the established version and propose a challenging new one through the effect of estrangement, and Chaviano's story achieves such a goal. (Complete text in PDF).