La potencia de Mistral y su imagen performativa.
Gabriela Mistral was the first and only Latin American woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945. Her image has been constructed around the roles of mother and teacher, framed within heteronormativity. Author Fiol Matta suggests that Mistral used her image as a mask to navigate her soci...
| Published in: | Nomadías no. 34; pp. 177 - 188 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=191192220&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 191192220 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 07172761 2ELZ jtl: Nomadías issn: 07172761 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: dic2025 iid: 34 pid: 30789 pub: Universidad de Chile artinfo: ui: 191192220 ppf: 177 ppct: 11 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 1.2MB tig: atl: La potencia de Mistral y su imagen performativa. aug: au: GÁLVEZ, FRANCISCA affil: Universidad de Central su: Queer theory Feminism Mistral, Gabriela, 1889-1957 Self-presentation Social context Nobel Prizes Motherhood Nobel Prize winners Literature sug: subj: Queer theory Feminism Mistral, Gabriela, 1889-1957 Self-presentation Social context Nobel Prizes Motherhood Nobel Prize winners Literature keyword: feminism Heteronormativity mask mother performativity feminismo Heteronorma máscara madre performatividad ab: Gabriela Mistral was the first and only Latin American woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945. Her image has been constructed around the roles of mother and teacher, framed within heteronormativity. Author Fiol Matta suggests that Mistral used her image as a mask to navigate her social and political context. From this perspective, the text will examine different dimensions of this public construction. Furthermore, Mistral's figure has been reinterpreted in recent decades, seen as a symbol of resistance and feminism with the arrival of new waves of feminism and gender-dissident communities. The essay analyzes how performativity and queerness manifest in Mistral's life and work. Mistral embodies an image of queerness that challenged the norms of her time and Chilean society. Her motherhood was non-reproductive, and her image as a celibate mother contrasts with her private life-issues exploited by the prevailing notion of motherhood at the time. On the other hand, Mistral's letters reveal her desires and sexuality, often silenced in her public persona. Mistral's performativity is understood as a process of repeating norms that allowed her to occupy positions of power. Gabriela Mistral fue la primera y única mujer latinoamericana en recibir el Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1945. Su imagen ha sido construida en torno a los roles de madre y maestra, enmarcada dentro de la heteronorma. La autora Fiol Matta sugiere que Mistral utilizó su imagen como una máscara para navegar su contexto social y político. En esa perspectiva el texto revisará diferentes dimensiones de esa construcción pública. Por otra parte, la figura de Mistral ha sido resignificada en la actualidad, siendo vista como un símbolo de resistencia y feminismo en las últimas décadas de arribo de nuevas olas del feminismo y las comunidades sexo-disidentes. El ensayo analiza cómo la performatividad y la queerness se manifiestan en la vida y obra de Mistral. Mistral encarna una imagen de queerness que desafía las normas de su época y la sociedad chilena. Su maternidad fue no reproductiva, y su imagen de madre célibe contrasta con su vida privada, cuestiones aprovechadas por la noción de madre de su tiempo. Por otra lado, las cartas de Mistral revelan su deseo y sexualidad, a menudo silenciados en su representación pública. La performatividad de Mistral se entiende como un proceso de repetición de normas que le permitió ocupar espacios de poder. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: Spanish refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Nomadías is the property of Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Filosofia y Humanidades and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Nomadías holder: Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Filosofia y Humanidades dt: @attributes: year: 2025 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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