Beyond the shadows of solitude: self, desire, and (dis)embodiment in Ana Clavel's Los deseos y su sombra
Beyond the shadows of solitude: self, desire, and (dis)embodiment in Ana Clavel's Los deseos y su sombra
Mexican writer Ana Clavel's Los deseos y su sombra (1999) is a socially engaged text which explores questions of gender within a broad context. Its endeavour to challenge monological versions of historical truth and to reconstruct alternative conceptions of national identity is linked to the creation of a non-patriarchal conception of female subjectivity. The text's exploration of the female subject is analysed in the context of Kristeva's theories of the sujet en procès and the abject, applied specifically to the mother-daughter relationship, desire and (dis)embodiment, the role of the mirror in the construction of subjectivity, and the alter ego.
ana clavel, los deseos y su sombra, gender, historical truth, national identity, female subjectivity, female subject, Kristeva, sujet en procès, abject, desire, (dis)embodiment, mirror, alter ego
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Lavery, Jane Elizabeth
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1 October 2007
Lavery, Jane Elizabeth
d050c560-2005-4f27-bb70-c79f12f39e93
Lavery, Jane Elizabeth
(2007)
Beyond the shadows of solitude: self, desire, and (dis)embodiment in Ana Clavel's Los deseos y su sombra.
Modern Language Review, 102 (4), .
Abstract
Mexican writer Ana Clavel's Los deseos y su sombra (1999) is a socially engaged text which explores questions of gender within a broad context. Its endeavour to challenge monological versions of historical truth and to reconstruct alternative conceptions of national identity is linked to the creation of a non-patriarchal conception of female subjectivity. The text's exploration of the female subject is analysed in the context of Kristeva's theories of the sujet en procès and the abject, applied specifically to the mother-daughter relationship, desire and (dis)embodiment, the role of the mirror in the construction of subjectivity, and the alter ego.
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Published date: 1 October 2007
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ana clavel, los deseos y su sombra, gender, historical truth, national identity, female subjectivity, female subject, Kristeva, sujet en procès, abject, desire, (dis)embodiment, mirror, alter ego
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