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Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana
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Jan 1, 2005
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9781930744233

Lágrimas Andinas: Sentimentalismo, Género Y Virtud Republicana En Clorinda Matto de Turner

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Criticada desde ciertas facciones del indigenismo por la forma sentimental en que representa al indigena o idealizada desde el feminismo por la manera en que politiza las alianzas entre mujeres, la obra de Matto de Turner rara vez es leída con indiferencia. A más de cien años de la publicación de Aves sin nido (Birds without a nest), los temas que su autora se atrevió a plantear con valentía a finales del siglo XIX (el acoso sexual en las iglesias, el racismo, la misogínia, la pobreza, los peligros de la modernidad) siguen vigentes como temas de debate en la cultura latinoamericana. Es entre estos dos espacios discursivos; el indigenismo y el feminismo, donde se sitúan las reflexiones de este volumen que explora una obra plural y escurridiza donde la figura del indígena sufriente es utilizada por la mujer intelectual para cuestionar la ideología de las esferas y para hacerse un hueco en el debate masculino sobre la construcción nacional. Implícita en este proyecto está la idea de que la crítica literaria no debe ser siempre laudatoria y que señalar limitaciones y conflictos ideológicos en la obra de una autora o autor no implica necesariamente que haya que devolverla al anonimato y al olvido. Todo lo contrario. Muchas veces esos nudos ideológicos nos pueden servir para aproximarnos a los complejos procesos de negociación que los grupos marginales establecen en un determinado momento histórico con la cultura dominante.

Whether criticized from certain factions of indigenism for the sentimental way in which it represents the indigenous or idealized from feminism for the way in which it politicizes alliances between women, Matto de Turner's work is rarely read with indifference. More than a hundred years after the publication of Aves sin nido, the themes that its author dared to raise with courage at the end of the 19th century (sexual harassment in churches, racism, misogyny, poverty, the dangers of modernity) are still valid as topics of debate in Latin American culture. It is between these two discursive spaces; indigenism and feminism, where the reflections of this volume are found. It explores a plural and elusive work where the figure of the suffering indigenous is used by the intellectual woman to question the ideology of the spheres and to gain a foothold in the masculine debate on national construction. Implicit in this project is the idea that literary criticism should not always be laudatory and that pointing out limitations and ideological conflicts in the work of an author does not necessarily imply that it must be returned to anonymity and oblivion. Quite the opposite. Many times these ideological knots can help us to approach the complex negotiation processes that marginal groups establish at a certain historical moment with the dominant culture.

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BrandInstituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana
Pub dateJan 1, 2005
ISBN-101930744234
ISBN-139781930744233
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions8.27 × 0.64 × 5.24 in
Weight1 lb
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