La identidad del temporero en la literatura y el cine españoles desde una óptica transatlántica: La forastera y Ander

This paper proposes an analysis of the figure of the seasonal worker in Spanish fiction, specifically in literature and film, based on theories elaborated from a transatlantic prism revolving around the Bracero Program and the concept of Nepantla . Starting with a description of the migratory phenomenon in which the seasonal worker is treated as a cheap, flexible, and vulnerable labor force, we analyze two seasonal worker characters in the novel La forastera (2020) by Olga Merino and the film Ander (2009) by Roberto Castón, focusing the study on the development of their identities that are hindered by the temporality of their jobs. We find that the evolution of these characters, Ibrahima and José, from Senegal and Peru respectively, involves a sexual liberation, which in the case of the latter also represents a break with heteronormativity, since his identity is built from a queer relationship. Finally, the study of this migratory phenomenon is advocated from the point of view of its central characters to make visible, through the analysis of fiction, a set of identity problems that point towards humanities as a field of research and as an academic claim.