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Colonial Legacies and Contemporary Identities in Chile - Revisiting Catalina de los Rios y Lisperguer (Hardcover)
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Colonial Legacies and Contemporary Identities in Chile - Revisiting Catalina de los Rios y Lisperguer (Hardcover)
Series: Liverpool Latin American Studies, 22
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This book explores traditional and contemporary concerns
surrounding gender and ethnicity in Chile through a textual
analysis of historical novels depicting seventeenth-century figure,
Catalina de los Rios y Lisperguer. Drawing on theories from the
Global North and South, it incorporates postcolonial perspectives
and decolonial feminist methodologies to expose patriarchal,
Eurocentric hierarchies constructed during the colonial era, which
remain in Chilean society today. Through close readings, the book
demonstrates that it is in the inconsistent and fluid depictions of
characters that identities are deconstructed and reconstructed in
ways that defy and transform social norms. This is the first
extended English-language study of this infamous historical figure,
who is more widely known as la Quintrala. It is also the first to
compare the literary portrayals by Mercedes Valdivieso and Gustavo
Frias. Looking beyond the infamy which usually shapes
interpretations of la Quintrala, the author presents these novels
as an embodiment of the anxieties surrounding hybridity in Chile,
where European heritage has traditionally overshadowed indigenous
concerns, and patriarchal norms dominate the construction of
gender. Written during a period of social and political upheaval in
Chile, it makes a timely contribution to existing works in social
and political science, popular culture and the ongoing discussions
of this iconic figure.
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