Open AccessLa representación de la mujer subalterna en Spivak y el caso de la mujer mapuche-williche
Author(s) -
Alejandro Cárcamo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
theorein (quito)/theorein (en línea)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2631-2808
pISSN - 2550-6625
DOI - 10.26807/theorein.v1i1.3
Subject(s) - subaltern , representation (politics) , portrait , parliament , humanities , feminism , sociology , art , gender studies , art history , political science , politics , law
The following article aims at analysing Spivak’s text: Can the Subaltern Speak?, emphasizing on the representation of the woman. As a first step, after taking into account both Spitak’s text and the silent subaltern, we will demonstrate that according to the author it is actually impossible to portrait a representation of a subaltern woman. In a second part, we will compare this text with the silencing case and the attempt of the representation and the protection of the Mapuche-Williche woman at the Koz-Koz Parliament. The objective of this essay is to observe the subalternity of the woman in a restricted area non-influenced by Europe: the Mapuche-Williche area. This does not mean that we are looking for universalities inside Spivak’s publication but that we mean to extend the analysis of the woman’s subaltern, as well as feminism in patriarchal societies.