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The Autonomous Sex: Female Body and Voice in Alicia Kozameh's Writing of Resistance

Dantas, Ana Luiza Libanio
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1212634746

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2008, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Latin American Studies (International Studies).
This thesis analyzes Pasos bajo el agua (Steps under Water) and Bosquejo de alturas (Impressions of Heights), texts from the Argentine writer Alicia Kozameh, as examples of an embodied l'ecriture feminine. The reading of the literary texts through the theories of French feminists Helene Cixous and Luce Irigaray, Mikhail Bakhtin, and Michel Foucault, responds to the main arguments of the thesis. First, women empower themselves through language within power relationships established in patriarchal societies; the empowered female language is written through the female body. Second, l'ecriture feminine is a style of writing not exclusive to women; it is part of heteroglossia and can be written by any person, regardless of the sex. Third, l'ecriture feminine is a legitimate voice in social discourses, deconstructs the male/female dichotomy, and establishes a horizontal and dialectic relationship between different discursive voices. Finally, heteroglossia contributes to the reconstruction of gender relationships.
Nicole M. Reynolds, PhD (Committee Chair)
Jose Delgado, PhD (Committee Member)
Patrick Barr-Melej, PhD (Committee Member)
97 p.
Gender; Latin American Literature; Literature; Womens Studies
Alicia Kozameh; l'ecriture feminine; female body; women writers; dictatorship; women's empowerment

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  • Dantas, A. L. L. (2008). The Autonomous Sex: Female Body and Voice in Alicia Kozameh's Writing of Resistance [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1212634746

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Dantas, Ana Luiza. The Autonomous Sex: Female Body and Voice in Alicia Kozameh's Writing of Resistance. 2008. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1212634746.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Dantas, Ana Luiza. "The Autonomous Sex: Female Body and Voice in Alicia Kozameh's Writing of Resistance." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1212634746

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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