Women’s political status: female difference and public involvement in Diamela Eltit's Fuerzas especiales

Lazo-González, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0232-921X (2021) Women’s political status: female difference and public involvement in Diamela Eltit's Fuerzas especiales. Taller de letras (69). pp. 91-110. ISSN 2735-6825 doi: 10.7764/tl6991-110

Abstract/Summary

This article analyzes Fuerzas especiales’ representation of women’s political status and public involvement. From a close reading of the protagonist-narrator’s role as the breadwinner of her family and drawing insights from feminist political theory, this work conducts a theoretically-informed textual analysis of the novels’ view of female public involvement at work in a context of state repression. It aims to unveil the way in which the novel engages critically with the ambiguities of a model of women’s political participation based on female difference and the politics of motherhood.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/102144
Identification Number/DOI	10.7764/tl6991-110
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Literature and Languages > Languages and Cultures > Spanish and Hispanic Studies
Publisher	Facultad de Letras, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
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