BODY IMAGES: SHAPES OF THE FEMALE BODY IN CRISTINA GARCIA´S THE AGÜERO SISTERS

Authors

  • Paloma Fernández Sánchez Columbia College Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15517/dre.v0i0.22013

Keywords:

migration, identity, gender, Caribbean, memory.

Abstract

The female characters in The Agüero Sister´s novel live the strict constrains imposed on female bodies. They are used, abused and modified to conform a pre-stablished body image leaving women with little to no agency. When these women swerve from the roles, attitudes and activities set up for them, they are both physically punished and socially excluded. All in all, Garcia´s novel evidences how the hegemonic discourse reduces the female body to a monolithic, a historic entity by the hegemonic discourse and uses it as a site to be controlled.

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Author Biography

  • Paloma Fernández Sánchez, Columbia College

    Doctora en Literatura Española por la Universidad de Indiana, Bloomington. Master en Español por la Universidad de Loyola, Chicago. Master en Estudios Norteamericanos por la Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, España. Profesora de Columbia College. Líneas de investigación: literatura caribeña contemporánea y sus diásporas, estudios de género, literatura latinoamericana.

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Published

2015-11-25

How to Cite

BODY IMAGES: SHAPES OF THE FEMALE BODY IN CRISTINA GARCIA´S THE AGÜERO SISTERS. (2015). Diálogos. Revista Electrónica De Historia, 16(Especial), 163-181. https://doi.org/10.15517/dre.v0i0.22013

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