39 Galicia 21 Issue G ‘16–‘17 Abstract Galicia is inseparable from the experience of migration and exile, and as has been extensively examined, mobility has played a major role in Galician culture and society. Most studies have identiied the Galician diaspora with Latin America, but other locations such as London have only recently begun to receive critical attention. The aim of this article is to contribute to the development of a new understanding of this phenomenon by focusing on the literary representation of Galician migration in New York, and by taking as a case study Claudio Rodríguez Fer’s short story ‘A muller loba’([1993] 2011). Rodríguez Fer’s text updates the myth of the werewolf (which has a prominent presence in Galician literature) not only by taking this legend to New York, but also by subverting the submissive role played by women in this tradition. Ruth (the protagonist) represents an independent and rebellious femininity, which simultaneously challenges patriarchy, and therefore an essentialist view of the nation, and embodies the resistance of local identities in the global age. By paying special attention to the tension between the local and the global as it is relected in this short story, and following recent and innovative studies such as those by Colmeiro (2009; 2017), Hooper (2011) and Romero (2012), this article will suggest a more extensive approach to the experience of displacement in the context of Galician migration. Nova York Claudio Rodríguez Fer migración mobilidade identidade licantropía Palabras clave Keywords New York Claudio Rodríguez Fer migration mobility identity lycanthropy A Galician Werewolf in New York: Migration and Transgressive Femininity in Claudio Rodríguez Fer’s ‘A muller loba’ David Miranda-Barreiro Bangor University Article