Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Date of Degree

2-2025

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Program

Latin American, Iberian and Latino Cultures

Advisor

Magdalena Perkowska

Committee Members

Oswaldo Zavala

Nuria Morgado

Claudia Salazar

Subject Categories

Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Latin American Literature | Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature | Women's Studies

Keywords

Central America, Andean Region, Women's Writing, Contemporary Women's Literature, Latin America Cultures

Abstract

This dissertation examines literary and filmic productions made by and/or perform by women in Peru, Guatemala, and El Salvador, between 1994 and 2019, considering the question of continuity or reconfiguration of post-war patriarchal violence in their work. This historical period is characterized by the transition between civil wars and the emergence of neoliberalism. Based on the ideas held by Jean Franco, Rita Laura Segato and María Lugones, I understand that patriarchal violence is justified by the triad of modernity, colonialism and capitalism. My analysis shows how post-war violence has led to contemporary urban violence, family crises, and violence against indigenous communities, which have cruelty and impunity as common characteristics. Through feminist concepts of domesticity (Segato), caring relations (Held), feminist solidarity (Mohanty Talpade) and ethics of care (Cavarero and Held), I study the agency and agendas chosen to confront the violence in neoliberal society. In this way, I argue that women deal with urban violence differently than men, the revolutionary utopian paradigm is now based in transgenerational feminine affection, and indigenous feminine resistance takes steps in the processes of justice and collective struggles against the neoliberal society.

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