Abstract
ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to analyse how Carla Trujillo discusses Chicana lesbian identity in her novel What Night Brings (2003) through the eyes of an eleven year- old Chicana girl. Trujillo questions gender boundaries and sexual identity in a patriarchal Chicano cultural context characterized by violence and homophobia. The protagonist, Marcia Cruz, takes the reader on a journey of sexual awakening in which the body becomes fundamental to the exploration, and definition, of her sexual identity. Trujillo frames this in a Christian context since Marci looks for answers and protection in religion and the Church especially in respect of her sexual identity. What Night Brings is a Chicana girlhood memoir that shows the uncertainties of growing up queer in a patriarchal culture and questions the gender boundaries in a Chicana girl’s sexual awakening.
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