La literatura forjada en Barranquilla, especialmente por las escritoras de la ciudad, ha planteado la construccion de identidad solida caracterizada por la independencia femenina del patriarca insensible. Freda Mosquera, consciente de la busqueda identitaria iniciada por Amira de la Rosa y continuada por Moreno en agresivas narraciones, sugiere la (re) construccion del concepto valorativo de femineidad a traves de la sexualidad. La busqueda se traduce en el desplome de los “iconos fundacionales” como alegoria a una nacion en decadencia. Las relaciones heterosexuales y tribadisticas, el autoerotismo y el sentimiento de no-pertenencia se erigen como vehiculos propicios para lograr la (re)construccion de identidad femenina. PALABRAS CLAVES Busqueda identitaria, sexualidad, tribadismo, conflicto politico-social, resignificacion mitica, nativos e inmigrantes, (re)construccion valorativa de femineidad. ABSTRACT The literature written in Barranquilla, especially by writers born there has assumed the construction of a solid identity characterized by the feminine independence from the insensible patriarch. Freda Mosquera, aware of the search for identity started by Amira de la Rosa and followed by Moreno in aggressive narrations, suggests the rebuilding of the concept of feminity through sexuality. This quest is represented by the fall of “foundational icons” as an allegory of a nation in decadence. Heterosexual and tribal relationships, self-erotism and the feeling of not- belonging appear as appropriate vehicles to achieve the rebuilding of feminine identity. KEY WORDS Identity search, sexuality, tribalism, socio-politic conflicto, mythical re-semantifying, natives and inmigrants, re-construction of feminity.