Alter ego como estrategia identitaria de resistencia frente a estereotipos construidos en torno al imaginario de la mujer latinoamericana
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En este texto se analiza el concepto de alter
ego (otro yo), como estrategia discursiva utilizada
por parte de la artista colombiana Helena
Martín Franco, para desmontar los criterios
opresores en los que se enmarca la identidad
femenina. Teniendo en cuenta que la identidad
es un conjunto de rasgos que caracterizan
a un sujeto o un colectivo determinado frente
a los demás, artistas como Martín Franco, no
están conformes con asumir pasivamente los
rasgos con los que se define la identidad de
su género. Consciente de que la identidad que
ejerce es producto de la ficción, creada en
el marco de políticas patriarcales, acude a la
creación de su propio alter ego como una estrategia
de liberación y de resistencia en contra
de los criterios opresores. Evidenciando
así, la necesidad de resignificar el concepto de
la identidad, pues tal como lo había señalado
la teoría poscolonial, no es correcto asumir
la ‘identidad’ como una categoría inequívoca.
In this text, a discursive strategy is applied by Colombian artist Helena Martín Franco. She analyzes the perception of an alter ego to demonstrate the oppressive principals in which the feminine identity is framed. Given that identity is a set of traits that distinguish a group or individual to others, artists like Martín Franco are not satisfied with passively assuming the traits that define the identity of her gender. She is mindful that the identity she practices is a result of fiction created within the political patriarchy framework, in which she resorts to the creation of her own alter ego as a strategy for liberation and resistance against oppressive principals. Thus, evidencing the need to resignify the concept of identity like post-colonial theory had proposed that it is not correct to assume “identity” as an unequivocal class.
In this text, a discursive strategy is applied by Colombian artist Helena Martín Franco. She analyzes the perception of an alter ego to demonstrate the oppressive principals in which the feminine identity is framed. Given that identity is a set of traits that distinguish a group or individual to others, artists like Martín Franco are not satisfied with passively assuming the traits that define the identity of her gender. She is mindful that the identity she practices is a result of fiction created within the political patriarchy framework, in which she resorts to the creation of her own alter ego as a strategy for liberation and resistance against oppressive principals. Thus, evidencing the need to resignify the concept of identity like post-colonial theory had proposed that it is not correct to assume “identity” as an unequivocal class.
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Bautista Santos, S. P. (2019). Alter ego como estrategia identitaria de resistencia frente a estereotipos construidos en torno al imaginario de la mujer latinoamericana. Atrio. Revista de Historia del Arte (Monográfico 1, pp. 115-129). Universidad Pablo de Olavide.







