Memory and Revolt in Poetry by Mapuche Women Intimacy/Social Bond II

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Gilda Luongo

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The following article exposes an indagative narrative located in the cross between poetry by Mapuche women, memory and sexual difference. There are two central figures explored  by the textual interpretation: “the loss of land/of language” and “the struggle in the name of the fallen/in one’s own name”. This heuristic work is based on a multiple-sided theoretical-critical framework: feminist critical theory (Butler, Braidotti, Kristeva, Anzaldua), philosophy (Ricoeur, Blanchot) and literary criticism (Genovese, Blanchot). The selected corpus for the analysis is drawn from three major anthologies by Mapuche women: Hilando en la memoria, edited by Soledad Falabella, Allison Ramay, Graciela Huinao and Roxana Miranda Rupailaf (2006, 2009); and Kümedungun/Kümewirin edited by Maribel Mora Curriao and Fernanda Moraga (2010). 

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Gilda Luongo

Universidad de Chile gildaluongo@gmail.com