LITERARY REPRESENTATION OF MOTHERS AND WHORES IN TWO STORIES BY JOSÉ REVUELTAS
This paper focuses on the duality of female characters in two texts written by José Revueltas, an acclaimed Mexican writer devoted to denounce politics and social structures. The first story is El apando, a short novel, the second is “Dormir en tierra” a short story. First I will provide an overview...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | México |
| Recursos: | UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIAPAS |
| Repositorio: | Revista Espacio I+D Innovación más Desarrollo |
| Idioma: | español inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.espacioimasd.unach.mx:article/184 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://www.espacioimasd.unach.mx/index.php/Inicio/article/view/184 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Representaciones femeninas Madre Prostituta female representations mother prostitute |
| Resumo: | This paper focuses on the duality of female characters in two texts written by José Revueltas, an acclaimed Mexican writer devoted to denounce politics and social structures. The first story is El apando, a short novel, the second is “Dormir en tierra” a short story. First I will provide an overview about how women evolve in the last manuscripts and what view are about them from the masculine eye and the female eye. That is to say, the way men and women are seen, will depend on their role: mother, life partner, prostitute, lesbian, worker, worker trafficker. The femininity, in Revueltas writings is not idealized as we were taught, thus motherhood is not something to be glorified, and the prostitute’s role is not judged or demonized either. In this cases, women characters will present nuances to which are not accustomed to see and read. Especially, this paper will examine how mother and prostitute coexist despite the fact that, in the Mexican culture, they are not commonly found mixed in the same situation. Until now it seems impossible that a woman can be both, we are used that the maternal figure should not be presented with sexual charge in the same manner that a prostitute cannot exercise the rights of mother. Finally, we will see how the grotesque aesthetics of both Revueltas’ writings encompass not only the woman, whether mother, prostitute or the two of them, but also the rest of the characters as well. |
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